Chapter Eight
Unwelcome Visitor
As the red glow vanished from the creature, it revealed to Cyrus that instead of what he assumed to be a captured canine Pokémon it was instead a cat Pokémon. This Pokémon had a round face with two whiskers on each side of its face, as well as a gold coin plastered to the top of its head. The fur of this Pokémon was a crème colored, while the creature's paws were light brown as well as the tip of its tail.
The Pokémon was currently sitting on its rear end watching its new master.
"How is it that a Pokeball that was designed to help capture canine Pokémon was able to capture a feline one?" Cyrus questioned out loud, though he knew that the creature was not going to answer him. "Though he is a neat little creature, I wonder what he was doing in this part of the Safari?" Cyrus contemplated to himself as he started to look around this new part of the Safari, hoping to find a way to get back to the top where he had come from. Though during his look around the area he noticed that this area was fenced in unlike the part of the Safari he had previously been in.
"Where am I?" Cyrus spoke out loud in a voice that had filled with fear. Though unlike the last time that he had spoken someone answered him back.
"Well, I am going to say that you are somewhere that you are not supposed to be." came a female voice. Though the voice was stern from finding someone where they were not supposed to be, Cyrus could tell that she was not all that angry.
This voice caused Cyrus to snap his body around to face the female. "Oh, I am sorry. I wasn't paying attention and I slipped and fell over the hill and somehow ended up over here." Cyrus replied to the statement his hand subconsciously rubbing the back of his head in nerves.
The stranger smiled at Cyrus before she started to speak once more. "It's okay. We just don't like people over here because of the Pokémon that..." the female started but stopped when she noticed the Pokémon standing in front of Cyrus as well as the Pokeball that he held in his hands. "...did you capture that Meowth?" the woman inquired of Cyrus, though this time her voice was filled with anger.
This confused Cyrus since he thought that he could capture the Pokémon that were within the Safari. "Yes?" Cyrus replied though it was evident that the Cyrus was speaking the word in a questioning tone.
Cyrus's answer only caused the female to shake her head in anger. Though before Cyrus was able to ask what was going on she turned from Cyrus. "Will you please follow me?" the female threw back at Cyrus before she started to walk off.
"Yeah sure..." Cyrus replied back and as Cyrus was walking he spoke to his newest Pokémon "...Meowth. Return." Cyrus ordered the creature and with that order a red beam shot from his Pokeball and sucked the feline Pokémon up inside of the Pokeball.
After recalling Meowth back to his home, Cyrus clipped the Pokeball onto his belt along with the others that he has. "Where is she taking me?" Cyrus inquired to himself as he followed the stranger. Though Cyrus didn't have to wait long as the two soon came to a large building that seemed to be placed in the center of whatever this part of the Safari was. "What is this place?" Cyrus inquired of the stranger.
For a moment Cyrus thought that she wasn't going to answer him and then suddenly he heard her voice.
"This part of the Safari is known as the Pokémon Rescue, we spend our days investigating reports of abuse and tracking down those individuals we have determined to be an actual threat to their Pokémon. We will then take these abused creatures from their tormentors though we can only do so much, so we rely on the Pokémon Professors to take the licenses of these abusers away, so they are unable to capture any more of these precious creatures." the stranger informed Cyrus who stopped in his tracks when he realized what he just did.
"So that means that when I captured Meowth, I caught a Pokémon that was abused by its previous trainer?" Cyrus inquired of this informative stranger as he moved his hand down to the Pokeball that held his Meowth.
"That would be correct. Now you understand how capturing that Meowth can be a problem?" the women replied while posing her own question to Cyrus.
"Yes, I can understand why you keep others out of here and how it could be a problem if others discover that I captured Meowth from here." Cyrus spoke out. Though by the end of Cyrus's words he and the woman who works in this facility had made it to the entrance of the building.
The woman pushed opened the door and after entering she held it opened for Cyrus to walk through.
"Please make your way to the end of the hall and enter the door there." the woman requested of Cyrus though to him it sounded more like an order. Deciding to do as was requested of him, Cyrus made his way down through the hallway and to the door that the female told him about; which upon reaching the door he pushed his way through.
Inside the room, Cyrus saw a short middle-aged man. This man was accompanied by another male who resembles the other one besides for his youth and his height. As Cyrus was examining the two men he heard the door shut behind him, which caused Cyrus to turn towards the sound. Looking back Cyrus saw the same woman who brought him to this facility walking from the now closed door.
"Allister. Tommy." the female spoke out as she made her way over to the two males, which left Cyrus alone at the other side of the room.
"Maria." spoke the older male while the younger one replied with "Mother."
"Who the hell are these people?" Cyrus thought to himself. As each second passed, Cyrus was growing more worried and instinctively he moved his hand down towards the Pokeball that held Aries.
"There is no need for that young man." the older man that Cyrus knows to be named Allister spoke out towards Cyrus before turning to face the woman "Now Maria, why did you bring this young man here?" Allister inquired of the woman Cyrus believed to be the older man's wife.
"This young man fell from the Safari Zone and ended up in the Pokémon Rescue Reserve though that itself isn't the problem. The problem is that he ended up catching one of the Pokémon that live on the reserve." Maria replied to her husband.
This caused the older man to jump from his chair which caused the chair to spin around and eventually fall to the ground. "How dare you!" Allister spoke out aggressively towards Cyrus before he continued speaking "I am going to need you to release that captured Pokémon immediately!" Allister ordered Cyrus.
"They can't really force me to release my Meowth can they?" Cyrus inquired of himself worriedly. Though Cyrus considered for a split second to do as requested though as his hand was moving towards the Pokeball his demeanor suddenly changed. "No! I caught Meowth and you cannot force me to release him besides my Pokémon are the only family that I have, and I do not plan on losing any of them!" Cyrus roared back at the man.
This didn't deter Allister from continuing to try and force Cyrus from getting the Pokémon back from Cyrus. "Then it looks like I will have to do this the hard way!" Allister spoke out to those in the room though it was clear that he wasn't wanting anyone to respond to him as he moved his hand towards one of the Pokeballs on his belt. Though before Allister could grasp ahold of the ball the boy known as Tommy grabbed ahold of the man that Cyrus assumed to be his father's wrist.
"Tommy! What are you doing?" Allister inquired of the younger male.
"I am stopping you from making a big mistake father. If you take that Pokémon from this trainer without any other reason besides him capturing it then you will have the full hand of the law come down on our heads. Then we won't be able to help any more abused Pokémon and besides from the way this boy talks about his Pokémon it's clear that he will take care of the Pokémon." Tommy replied to his father trying to be the one who kept the peace in a room full of on edge people.
When Tommy saw that his father was no longer reaching for one of his Pokémon to fight Cyrus, he released his grip on his father's wrist.
"You are correct my son. We would be no different than those nefarious criminals that have been operating within these parts lately." Allister huffed out when he realized that there was nothing that he could do to get Meowth back from Cyrus.
Seeing how the man cared for Meowth Cyrus decided to try and ease his worry. "I will take loving care of Meowth sir and don't worry I won't allow anyone else to know that I caught him here." Cyrus informed Allister. Who upon hearing this physically relaxed in the chair that was somehow picked up during their agreement.
"Thank you. Maria will you please escort this boy to the exit of the Reserve?" Allister inquired of his wife.
Just when Maria was about to do as her husband asked of her, Tommy once again spoke out.
"Father weren't you just saying that we were needing to hire someone to take the evidence of those we concluded to be abusing their Pokémon. He would be the appropriate choice of the one to deliver the information." Tommy spoke out to his father.
"You are making an excellent point my son. I have been meaning to talk to Professor Oak about it for quite some time." Allister answered back to his son.
Though they were talking about Cyrus they had yet to speak to him which has started to irritate Cyrus. "If you are needing something brought to Professor Oak I will happily do that since I am heading in the direction soon anyway." Cyrus spoke out. Though from his tone of voice everyone in the room knew that Cyrus was getting irritated with being talked about as if he wasn't there.
"Excellent! Tommy will you please hand the boy the files that contain the evidence that we have collected." Allister spoke out to his son. Though this statement was worded like a question it was clear to Cyrus as well as the others that it was an order and not a request.
Doing as he was told Tommy brought over a stack of manila folders that were filled with papers. Cyrus took the folder from Tommy and as he did Allister spoke. "I will have payment transferred to Professor Oak and upon your delivery he will present you with the payment." Allister informed Cyrus. Cyrus didn't even have time to speak before he was grabbed by the wrist and pulled from the room by Maria and towards the exit of the Pokémon Rescue Reserve.
Cyrus's Pokémon- Growlithe (M)- Aries, Squirtle (M)-?, Meowth (M)-?
Fletcher's Pokémon- Eevee (F)- Chimera, Magikarp (?)-?
Cyrus's Experimental Pokéballs- Magmaball (Untested), Shadowball (Untested), Voltageball (Untested), Houndball (Tested), Rainball (Success)
