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Chapter 10

The Pokemon Trainer

After a while, Lucas stopped running, and guilt started to set in. He'd left his friend behind, to an unknown, possibly terrible fate. He'd left him behind because he'd been unable to face Wario. Lost in his thoughts, he continued walking.

As the rain stopped, Lucas looked up and saw someone standing up ahead. He increased his pace, hoping this person might be able to help him. He ran until the person came into focus. He had black hair, jeans, a red hat with an arc of white on the front, and a red shirt. He also had a backpack. As Lucas ran up to him, he turned around.

"Quiet," he said, pointing ahead. Lucas looked where he was pointing, and felt his insides turn to ice.

The same dark stuff that had attacked him back before he'd seen the statue was on the ground, forming into the puddles that always led to the creatures.

The kid turned back to Lucas. "You gonna help me?" he asked.

"Yes," Lucas said.

He smiled, and from his pocket he produced some kind of sphere. It was white on the bottom, and red on top. There was a black band around the middle, a hinge on the back, and some kind of button on the front. As Lucas watched, he pushed the button. The sphere grew, and he threw it. It landed on the ground, where it burst open, and a beam of light came out. The light hit the ground, and formed into what looked like a blue turtle with a long tail that ended in a spiral. "Come on, then," he said. "Squirtle here will help you out."

Lucas looked at him, and then leapt into battle, with the turtle thing on his side against all the creatures.

Lucas started by throwing fire at the nearest one, who burst into flames. Squirtle, at his side, withdrew into its shell and spun at one of them, knocking it off its feet. Squirtle then picked up the bazooka the thing had been carrying and started firing it at the other creatures. Meanwhile, Lucas was, once again, throwing lightning. He threw a ball of it at a red creature, which dodged. The thing retaliated by throwing fire at him. Lucas dodged in the same way, though he felt the burn, and threw a sphere at the thing, which turned to ice. Squirtle, who had abandoned the bazooka, knocked the ice creature into one of the other things, who was crushed by it. Lucas then realized that everything Squirtle was doing, it was doing under the instruction of the kid with the sphere, who was standing on the sidelines. He punched one of the creatures, who went flying back into one of the others. Every time one died, it dissolved into dark mist. One of them threw a boomerang at him, and he was knocked backwards, but got back to his feet. He charged at the creature, who started using the boomerang to hit him at close range. This stopped when Lucas threw more fire at him. Suddenly, Squirtle flew upwards on a slide of water. Lucas looked up and saw why. Above them, what seemed to be metallic birds were coming down to join the fight. Squirtle's move had thrown one of the creatures on the ground into one of these birds.

As the battle continued, the numbers began, once again, to decrease, as more and more were defeated, until no more were left. Lucas turned back to the kid. He pulled out the sphere again, pushed the button, and bounced it on the ground. When it opened this time, Squirtle turned back into light and returned to the sphere. Lucas then turned to face him. "What is that thing?" he asked, pointing at the sphere.

"This?" the kid asked. "This is a pokeball. It can hold pokemon, like Squirtle here. Pokemon are creatures with powers," he added, seeing Lucas's confused look. "Once you train a pokemon, he'll stay with you, and, if needed, fight with you."

"And who are you?"

"My name's Red. I train pokemon. Right now, I only have Squirtle. I was following a Charizard when those things blocked me." He pointed to where the creatures had been. "A Charizard's a dragon," he added. "Now that this is done, I'm going to follow it again."

Red started to leave. Lucas sat there, thinking, remembering Wario holding Ness, turned into a trophy, laughing as he ran away. He made up his mind. "Wait!" he said, running after Red. "After you get your Charizard, can you help me find my friend?"

"What happened to him?" Red asked, turning back.

"He was kidnaped by Wario. Do you know him?"

"No," Red replied. "But I can help you."

"I'll come with you," Lucas said. "I'll help you get your Charizard."

"Well, I guess that will work then. Come on."

And the two turned away from the zoo, and continued on the Charizard's trail.

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