Chapter Nine: Attack of the Bird Pokémon

"I thought I heard something up ahead." Julie said

"Oh no! It's the noise an angry Spearow makes! It sounds like there's a lot of em'!" Joshua yelled "C'mon! She can't possibly fend all of them off by herself. If we work together we can do it!…I think."

"Oh no, is that what I think it is?" Gloria asked nervously and needlessly. A Spearow just dive-bombed Gloria on her head.

"Yeowch! Ouch! Hey what did we do to you? Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Raichu, you three let's get out of here! We can't fight em' all off alone…can we?"

"CHARRRRRRRRRRRRMANNNNNNNNDER!!!"

"What the-?" Gloria could've sworn she heard a Charmander's Flamethrower call.

"Squirtle, squirtle squirt!" Joshua's Squirtle just used its Surf on the Spearows.

"This can mean only one thing…" Gloria ran off towards where the Charmander call came from. She saw Julie and Joshua standing there a few yards away.

"Long time no see, bud!" Julie said with a smile on her face "As for those Spearows, if we can combine our Pokémon's attacks, we just might stun them for enough time to escape, I hope."

"There's only one way to find out. Raichu, Pikachu, Thunder! Bulbasaur, Solarbeam!" Gloria yelled.

"C'mon Charmander! Fire Blast!" Julie yelled at the same time as Joshua cried "Squirtle, finish em' off with a Hydro Pump!"

The combined power of the attacks sent all but one Spearow who lagged behind, fleeing.

The Spearow turned around and called out "SPEAROW!!! SPEAROW!!!"

"Uh-" Gloria started.

"-oh." Joshua finished

"Not good at all! Look!" Julie yelled over the Spearow's squawking, pointing at some strange birds…

"Oh no!" Fearows! Run for it!!!" Gloria said, scooping up her Pokémon as she ran. Julie and Joshua acted likewise.

Suddenly, out of nowhere it seemed, a massive wave of electrical energy sent the Fearows fleeing along with their stubborn Spearow buddy.

"Who…how did?…Huh?!?!" Joshua said.

"Nice job, Electabuzz! You too, Jolteon, but get back here!" Then there was the sound of a Jolteon.

"That voice…sounds so familiar…but…it can't be!" Gloria said trying to remember where she heard the voice before. "Hey, I remember you now!" Gloria finally remembered. "Michael!" she ran to the source of the voice. A boy about thirteen or so stood beyond the bushes.

He had short black hair poked under a red cap. His dark blue eyes told of one who never forgave easily. He wore a plain white T-shirt. He also wore a blue jacket, whose pockets bulged. Around his waist, a large waist pack hung. He wore new-looking blue jeans and a pair of equally new-looking tennis shoes. An Electabuzz stood proudly before him .An Eevee was hopping about happily beside him, seemingly pleased at his very presence.

"Gloria! Long time no see, eh pal?" Michael said coming out of the bushes, as he recalled his Electabuzz, his Eevee trotting happily along beside him.

"Michael, I just wanted to thank you. If Electabuzz hadn't used that Thunder Wave, we probably would've been Fearow-chow."

"No problem." Michael said picking up his Eevee, "I…oh who are they?" he asked pointing to Julie and Joshua.

"Joshua Carpenter of Saffron City."

"Julie Lanata of Lavender town here. Who're you?"

"Me? I'm Michael Doudi of Vermilion City. Nice to meet 'cha." Michael turned to Gloria "If it's okay with your friends, I'd enjoy joining your team." He looked at Gloria, "I need to repay you for days long gone."

"Fine with me! Julie, Joshua?"

"Go ahead."

"Your choice."

"Okay, then! Let's get the show on the road!" Michael said starting down the road, Gloria, Julie and Joshua following as well as their respective Pokémon.

Little did the trio now a quartet, know, Mew watched relieved. It knew if it hadn't summoned up the Thunder Wave out of the Electabuzz…no. It thought it was best not to think about such terrible things right now. It had a task to perform, even if it had to emerge in front of a human…

"Wait, I think I heard a Dodrio. And I think it's angry…!" Michael said turning around. About thirty Dodrios were coming straight for them! They looked extremely vengeful.

"Oh no! There's no way we can fight that many Dodrios, even if we tried! Let's get outta' here!!!" Joshua said, already running full-speed-ahead towards Pewter City, his Squirtle no farther behind. Gloria raced on, Pikachu, Raichu, and Bulbasaur not too far behind. (Okay, Pikachu was on her shoulder.) Julie started to run, turned back, grabbed Charmander, and followed the others as Michael acted similarly. Suddenly, an incredible Psychic force swept through the area, knocking everyone to the ground. Including our heroes.

Meanwhile, in the shadows not too far away…

"Good job, Hypno!" Janett said patting a pleased Hypno wearing an odd-looking helmet.

"Do you think it really worked?" Daniel asked as he let out a strange Pokémon with magnets on its sides.

"Mag-ne-mite! Magnemite!" it said in a flat monotone.

"Shut up!" Daniel hissed. "Stage Two now?" he asked as he held the frantic Pokémon back.

"Mag-mag-mag!" the Magnemite said repeatedly.

"Not yet. First we have to make sure Stage One was successful." Janett whispered as she recalled the Hypno and let out Grimer.

"Grimmmmmme-" it started before Janett poked her boot in its mouth.

"Not yet you Sludge-ball!" she snarled.

"Vee?" a voice squealed.

"Now look what you did! That Eevee is awake!" Daniel snapped.

"Me?!" Janett yelled back taking her boot out of the Grimer's mouth. "It was you who-"

"-errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!" The Grimer finished.

"Pika?"

"Bulbasaur!"

"Raichu!"

"Squirtle?"

"Charmander!"

"Farfetch'd?"

"Now see what you've done?!" Daniel yelled "Let's high-tail it outta' here!!!" They raced out of sight, Grimer and Magnemite following just as Gloria woke up.