Chapter 11: The Power Shed Chapter 11: The Power Shed

Ash, Pikachu, and May had climbed over the fence and Ash looked at his map.

"We're not far, now. Just a little way to go."

"Good."

"Pika."

They kept walking until they saw the power shed a few meters in front of them.

"The power shed!" Ash exclaimed.

"We made it!" May cried, happily.

"Pika pi!"

"Yay!" They started running to it while cheering, and they suddenly fell into a pitfall. "AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" THUD!

Ash was relieved he didn't land on his back, for he feared he might have crushed the egg he was carrying.

Then, Kabuto and Kabutops glared at Ash and May from the top of the hole, then they seemed to laugh.

Ash gasped. "They set a trap! They actually set a trap!"

May grabbed a Pokéball and said, "I'll save us!" She threw the Pokéball, and out came her Bulbasaur. "Use Vine Whip to get us out of here!"

"Bulba!" Bulbasaur whipped the Kabuto and Kabutops and jumped out of the hole. Then it grabbed Ash and May and hauled them out.

When the prehistoric Pokémon had recovered, they charged angrily at Ash and the others.

"To the shed!" Ash yelled. He and May ran into the power shed with their Pokémon and locked the door. May returned her Bulbasaur, and Ash listened for the Pokémon. He heard roaring and banging at the door, then nothing and he guessed that the predators gave up.

Inside the power shed, Ash saw several switches on a wall.

"So I guess we have to flick all the switches, right?" May asked.

Ash nodded and he started to flick them all to "ON". When he turned them all on, nothing happened.

"That's weird…" he mumbled. "Why aren't the lights on?"

May suggested, "Maybe the system's control panel needs to be reactivated for everything to work. Either way, we did it."

"Yeah, but, how will the workers know that we turned everything on so they can activate the control panel?"

Ash thought, then he had an idea. He got a small piece of paper, pen and string from his backpack. With the pen, he wrote on the paper,

"We flicked the switches and now we think the control panel must be reactivated in order for the power to turn back on. Please do what you can and don't worry about us."

He then called out his Swellow from its Pokéball and tied the paper around its foot with the string.

"Can you deliver this note to the people back at the management building?"

"Swellow!" replied Swellow.

Ash quietly opened the door, glanced around, then let his Swellow out. "Watch out for prehistoric Pokémon." He whispered. Then Swellow flew out in the direction of the management building and Ash closed the door.

"Good idea, Ash." May agreed. "I just hope Swellow will be ok."

"I'm sure Swellow will be just fine." Ash reassured her. "Now let's just hope we'll be ok."

"Right." Said May. "Now let's get outta here."