Hello readers! J and L here, and we just finished chapters 11 and are almost done with 12. We plan on releasing 11 today, and then we should have 12 done and released by tomorrow. Both chapters are a little short, but you should enjoy them as much as we do.
(Person's name POV) how the person who is talking sees things.
"Person talking"
[Telepathic speech]
'When a pokémon is talking in poké-speech'
{Anything written on paper, such as notes}
Disclaimer-neither L or I have any claim on pokémon. Our claim is only on the characters we make up for this story.
Chapter 11
Our First Real Adventure
(Lilly's POV)
The next three days went by with a blur. Joey packed quickly, while I was still unsure about what I would do with my problem. I was getting an adventure, but I knew that after this one, Joey would just come home and go back to life as normal, but I wanted more. And while Joey's younger brother, Vincent, had told me that if I asked Joey if we could be like a real trainer and pokémon he would do that for me, I wasn't sure.
While I was contemplating my problem, Joey had done a lot of work for the trip. He had called all of the trainers that my friends had been left with, and had told them what had happened, and they were in. And so by the time it was time to start for our adventure to DC, whatever that was, all of my friends would be with me for the first really exciting thing I had done.
"You all set for the trip?" Asked Joey as he grabbed the last of his things he would need.
[Yes,] I said as I looked in the mirror to straighten my white and green hair flower I had in my hair, [when do we leave?]
"As soon as I get texts from everyone that says they are on the way," said Joey as he hooked his knife onto his hip, grabbed his bag with cloths and stuff, and came over to me, "have you eaten yet?"
[I had some berries,] I said as the phone in Joey's pocket started making noise, [I think that's the texts.]
"You would be right," said Joey as he looked at his phone and taped the screen a few times, "everyone is on there way to the gym. You ready?"
[Yep,] I said as I teleported onto Joey's shoulder, [let's go!]
We left Joey's room and went downstairs where the rest of Joey's family waited by the door, "we're off," said Joey.
"We know, that's why we are here to give you some things for the trip," said Robert as we came forward, "I know you already have a knife, but maybe you can use a second."
I then saw that he had a knife like Joey's, only it was slightly longer and thinner in the middle.
"Thanks," said Joey as to took the second knife and hooked it on his other hip, "you never know when you could use another blade."
"I know it's a long flight to DC, so I made you some snacks," said Joey's mom as she pulled out a rough green tin, "double chocolate cookies for you, and mini blueberry muffins for Lilly."
[Wow, thank you,] I said as Joey took the tin.
"We also got you something," said Vincent as he and Tony pulled out two small bags, "I got you a mini computer with a camera in it. With the camera and the software on it, and the fact that it fits in your hand, it should act like a Poké-dex."
"Wow," said Joey as he took the bag and pulled out the computer, which was deep blue and the size of his phone, "how did you get this? It must of cost a fortune."
"You know my old friend Mike, he hooked me up," said Vincent, "the one downside is that the battery only lasts about twelve hours."
"And that's where my gift comes in," said Tony as he passed Joey his bag, "two fully charged portable charging stations. With the amount of energy that thing uses, your going to need two of them."
"Thanks everyone," said Joey as he took the gifts, "I appreciate everything."
"Just make sure you call when you get to DC," said Robert.
"And try to bring us back a souvenir," added Tony, "just not something like a pencil or a shirt, something ready cool."
"I will," said Joey as we started off for the school, "see you all in a few days!"
"Have fun!" Called Vincent.
"But don't do anything stupid!" Robert added.
"And come home safe!" Called Joey's mom as we turned around to look to Joey's family.
"We will," called Joey.
[Bye!] I called as I waved back.
"What took you so long?" Asked Ryan as we walked into the Gym to find that we were the last ones here, "we were all here ten minutes ago."
"Sorry," said Joey as he put down his bag and looked at the group, "I got hung up with my family. They gave me some neat stuff."
"Well, now that everyone is here, we can get you started," said Ranger Josh as he and his Froslass, Icicle, came over from the stage.
'Hi Icicle!' I called, 'how are you?'
'Im good,' said the Froslass as she floated over to stand by her trainer.
"Here is how this is going to go," said Josh, "each of you is going to be given a Poké-dex, and a Poké-ball for your pokémon."
"I don't need either of those," interrupted Joey as he pulled out his mini computer, "I have what is basically a Poké-dex, and I am not putting Lilly in a Poké-ball."
"Fine then," said the Ranger as he passed out the things to everyone else, "does anyone need to be told how to use a Poké-ball?"
"No," said Mia as she and the others used the Poké-balls on there pokémon, "I think we know how to use them."
"You sure you don't want to put Lilly in a Poké-ball?" Asked Emma as she hooked the ball that held her Treecko, Max, onto her waist, "she doesn't have to stay in there."
"Lilly has told me she doesn't want to go in one," said Joey, "so I'm not going to put her in one."
"Very well then," said Josh as he pulled out another poké-ball, which was odd since no one else needed a Poké-ball.
Suddenly, Josh threw the Poké-ball at me before I could react, but Joey was faster and caught the ball and threw it back, "I said she isn't going in one."
"I know, I was just giving you one just in case," said Ranger Josh as he caught the Poké-ball and hooked it back to his waist, "but if you don't want one then fine."
"We should get moving," said Mia as she grabbed her bag, "the sooner we leave the better."
"Yes, we should," agreed Josh as everyone grabbed their bags, "it's a long walk to the Airfield."
(Joey's POV)
The nine of us left the school and started for the Airfield. I had looked at a map the day before and the only airfield I could find was twenty miles away called Fast Flight Airfield, and over uneven terrain, it would be a few hours before we got to the plane.
The first few miles were silent. We were more focused on traveling than talking, but soon a conversation started between Mia, Emma, and Alex about something. I was up front by Josh and Icicle, while the girls were in the back of the group so I couldn't really hear what they were saying. And I was too focused on how I would convince the present to intervene on the subject on pokémon.
"What do you plan to do with the president?" Asked Josh suddenly.
"I'm not entirely sure," I replied as we walked, "I may have to first convince him that pokémon are real, but that should be easy. After that, I don't really know."
"Well, you have us to help. You and your friends can convince him, I'm sure about that."
"Thanks," I said as I smiled at the Ranger. He was a good person, and I was starting to trust him a little, "but we may need your help on the topic of setting up a new Pokémon Rangers. While you guys had complete accesses in your world, in this one, it's a little different."
"You are right about that," agreed Josh as he pulled out a device that looked like a cross between a phone and a badge of some type, "I used to be able to do anything with this, now I can't do anything with it."
"May I see it?" I asked as I extended my hand out, "I am good with technology. I disassembled and reassembled a computer when I was seven."
"Sure, have a go," said Josh as he passed the device to me.
I looked at the device, and on the side was three small buttons, one red, one blue, and one that was white with a cross symbol on it. Flipping it over, I found a small hatch, that when I opened it showed a lot of wires and boards like found in a computer. I then saw the problem, a small red wire, about the size of the tip of a pen, had gotten loose.
"Do you have anything that is small and thin," I asked, looking up from the device, "like a pen?"
"I have a pen," said Ryan as he passed me a small blue ballpoint pen, "why do you need it?"
"I think I may have fixed this," I said as I moved the wire with the pen. As soon as I moved the wire and closed the back, the device started making noise, like a computer when it starts up.
"How did you do that?" Asked Josh in awe as I passed back his tech thing.
"Wire in the back got loose," I said as I passed Ryan his pen, "thanks for the pen."
"You're welcome."
"What is that thing?" asked Steve, "is it like a phone?"
"This is called a SER device," answered Josh as he tapped on the screen, "or a Satellite Emergency Rescue device. With this one device, I can access any computer, satellite, and camera to find pokémon in trouble."
"You may want to turn that thing off then," I said as I remembered what I had read about the government, "the government doesn't like it when you access their tech. They usually see it as an attack, and they take any attack seriously."
"Ok then," said Josh as he turned off the SER thing.
"How long is it to the Airfield?" Mia called from behind, "we have been walking for over two hours."
"At our present rate, we should get there in," said Josh as he looked at the watch on his wrist, "about an hour."
By the time we got to the Airfield, it was close to noon and we were all hungry so we stopped at the local Subway and got some lunch, and I must say that it was the weirdest time I have ever gotten food at a Subway. First I had to tell the person that was working there twice what I had ordered, then the person burn my order so they had to make it again, and to finish it all off, they acted shocked when I ordered Lilly a small salad. I knew it wasn't their fault, they were just shocked that there was a living creature that looked like a pokémon on my shoulder, but it was still a little annoying.
Once we had all eaten, we went through some security gates, which was a pain since I almost wasn't able to keep my knives, and the guards on duty insisted on having Lilly go through the X-ray machine twice before we were allowed to board our plane, but an up side was that the Rangers had gotten us our own private airliner with first class treatmen, lots of room for us and our pokémon, and lots of luxuries that we shouldn't be able to get, like a new cloths that were made of pure silk and new shoes that should of cost about five hundred dollars.
When we finally got to DC, it was several hours later and we needed a hotel for the night. Luckily, the Rangers not only got us first class rooms in the Adams House, the most expensive hotel in DC, they also got us private cars to take us there, but even with all this great things, I still was a little uncomfortable. While Ranger Josh had put Icicle in her Poké-ball, I still had Lilly sitting on my shoulder, and everywhere we went, we were being starred at.
The next day, I woke up early and quickly went through my morning routine, put on my new silk sute, and ate breakfast. Once that was done, I went over all the information I had in the briefcase I had been given that explained everything I would need for the president. By 6:00, everyone was up and had eaten.
"I want to go sightseeing," said Alex as we sat around the large table in my room.
"So do I," agreed Emma, "and shopping. You never know when you will be in DC again."
"You weren't sent here to go shopping or sightseeing," said Josh, who had changed from his orange and green uniform to a suit like me, "you were sent here to get the president to intervene on the subject of religious fanatics killing pokémon."
"How about we compromise a little," I said as I put the last of my papers away, "I only need Lilly for the first meeting with the president, the rest of you can have fun for today, and tomorrow we can all go see the president."
"That seems good," agreed Steve, "that way we get some fun time in the nation's capital."
"Fine," said Josh, "but I want one other person to accompany Joey and Lilly."
"I'll go," said Ryan, "I don't really want to go sightseeing anyway."
"So it's settled then," said Mia as she and the girls stood up and started to walk away, "where should we go first?"
"The viewing pool," suggested Alex, "I heard that if you look right, then you are supposed to see the whole city."
"Hey, Steve, can you do me a favor?" I asked as everyone left, "I promised my family I would get souvenirs, so can you get me some? I will pay you back later."
"Sure," said Steve, "and I'll even make sure not to get some crummy shirts or a pencil."
"Thanks."
[What do you want me to do?] Asked Lilly as Ryan went to change into his suit and everyone else went sightseeing.
"Have you washed up yet?"
[Yes, and I already brushed my teeth and fixed my hair.]
"Good. Then all we have to do is wait for Ryan," I said as I put Lilly's hair flower on her head.
Half an hour later, Lilly, Ryan and I were making our way to the White House, and from the way we looked we would be seen even if Lilly wasn't there. I wore a simple black and white suit with a navy blue tie, but Ryan had gone a little crazy with the colors. He wore a deep red and blue suit with a white and red tie. When I asked him about the colors, he said he was feeling patriotic and thought that the colors might help. Lilly herself had just changed the colors of her cloths so she was wearing a simple blue outfit and her green and white hair flower.
We got through the front gate with ease, I just said that we were here for a meeting with the president about national security, and with my size, the guard on duty thought I was a adult and let us past. Once we were inside it got a little tricky thou, since there were guards everywhere, not to mention tourists everywhere else as well. Eventually we found the Oval office which was empty, but I had thought about a way to get it full of people.
"Ryan, watch the doors," I said as I sat down at the president's desk, "and tell me when a lot of people start running over here.
"What are you doing?" Asked Ryan as he watched the doors.
"I am going to call the president," I said as I picked up the phone and Lilly teleported off my shoulder and onto the desk.
"How can I help you Mr. President?" Asked the operator.
"Hi, I'm not the president," I said, "but can you please call the president and tell him that there is a diplomat sitting at his desk in the Oval office who needs to talk to him."
As soon as I said that, the line went dead and I knew I was about to have a lot of people in this room very fast.
"Joey, there are a lot of people in SWAT gear running here in a hurry!" Called Ryan as he ran over to me, "what do we do?"
"Stand behind me," I said as I put my feet up on the desk and my hands behind my head, "and be prepared to meet a lot of people."
(Lilly's POV)
Right as Joey said that, about thirty or so people in black uniforms that came over their faces rushed in holding very large guns. Then another person, in similar uniform but we could see his face holding a smaller gun, came in.
"Who the Hell are you?" Asked the man.
"I'm Mickey Mouse," retorted Joey, "who are you?"
"Cut the bull, who are you and what do you want?"
"I'm afraid I am only allowed to talk to the president," said Joey as he looked at his watch, "so do be a good secret service agent and go get him quickly."
"Like Hell I will," said the man as to looked at the three of us, "you have exactly fifteen seconds to tell us who you are before we arrest you."
"You don't have any reason to arrest us that would hold up in court," said Ryan.
"Very well, you want to know who we are?" Asked Joey as he took his feet off the dest, sat forward, and crossed his fingers, "we are part of a highly skilled negotiation team that was hand selected to speak on a highly classified topic with the president, code named Revival, that has nation security implications. Now stop wasting time and get us the president."
"Fine, you want the president," said the man after a moment as he put his gun in a odd thing on his hip, like the sheaf Joey put his knife in. He must believe Joey, at least partially, "follow us."
"Thank you," said Joey as he stood up and I teleported myself back onto his sholder, "lead the way."
After some time of the three of us walking through a bunch of halls with the black uniformed men in front and behind us, we got to a plain white door.
"You want the president, here he is," said the rude man as he opened the door and we walked in on five men sitting at a table playing some card game.
"Who are you?" Asked a man in a gray suit.
"I am sorry for interrupting you Mr. President," said the rude man, "but these people say they have very important news for you."
"Well then spit it out already," said the man, Mr. President, "what do you need to tell me?"
"I'm afraid that what we have to say is for only the president's ears only," said Joey.
"Very well," said Mr. President, "everyone can leave say for my personal advisor."
"Are you sure sir?" Asked a man in a simple black site like Joey.
"Yes. I want to hear what these people have to say."
"Thank you for letting us speak to you," said Joey as the three of us sat down at the table after everyone else left, say for Mr. President and his advisor, "this is a very important matter."
"I would think it has something to do with the pokémon that was on your shoulder a moment ago but is now sitting at my poker table."
That caught Joey and I off guard, but luckily Ryan spoke up, "yes it is. We have come to talk to you about their survival."
"And let me guess, you were sent here by a group that calls themselves Team Rocket," said Mr. President, "and you want my help in capturing all pokémon for monetary gain?"
"No! Not at all," said Joey as he shook his head, "we were sent here by a different group called pokémon Rangers."
"How do you know about team Rocket? Asked Ryan.
"You think we haven't been contacted by every group out there," said the man next to the president, "from team Rocket, to team Plasma, to team Galactic. Each basically said the same thing, help us get all pokémon and we will make you very powerful."
"Well, we come from a group that doesn't want that," said Joey as he opened the briefcase he had brought, "rather we would like to save pokémon."
"And how is that?"
"We are part of a seven man negotiation team consisting of six trainers that each know about the types, and a member of the pokémon Rangers," said Joey as he pulled out some papers and passed them to the other people, "and we have many goals that will help both pokémon and humanity."
"Alright, you have my interest," said Mr. President as he picked up a paper and looked at it, "now what do you want?"
"The first thing we need is for you to make it illegal to kill a pokémon because of religious beliefs," said Ryan, "there are people around the world who want to kill pokémon just because there religion doesn't mention them."
"The second is to set up some type of trainer system with gyms so people can go around with pokémon," added Joey, "something similar to a system like what they had on that pokémon TV show."
"The third is assemble a pokémon league," said Ryan, "something where if you get a specific amount of medals from completing gyms, you can go up against people from around the world once a year to try to be the best in the world. Kinda like the Olympics, only they have to spend their own money and the location stays constant."
"And finally, we need you to reinstate the pokémon Rangers so they can do there job of saving lives and stopping wars," finished Joey.
"So let me see if I understand you right," said Mr. President, "you want to fight against people's religious beliefs, start a whole new world wide system that will cost millions of dollars, and reinstate some force?"
"You must be joking," said the other man.
"Do we look like we are joking?" Asked Joey with a straight face, "my college may look like someone hit him with a thing of red paint, but I am dead serious."
"Alright then," said after a moment as he stood up, "I will talk with my advisors about having a meeting with you tomorrow. Leave you names and a contact number with my advisor and we will call you with a time and place."
"Its been a pleasure meeting you sir," said Ryan as everyone stood up and shook hands, "and again, thank you for seeing us."
"What are your names and how can we contact you?" Asked the advisor as we left.
"So let me see if I have this straight," said Mia as everyone sat around the large table in Joey's room later that day, eating dinner, "you go into the Oval office, sit at the president's table, use the president's phone, get a federal agent to take you to the president, get a private conversation with the leader of the free world, and you didn't get his autograph?"
"We were more concerned about getting a second meeting," said Ryan as he ate his stake, "and asking for the guy's autograph would be unprofessional."
"The three of you did a good job," complimented Ranger Josh as he got off his phone thing, "I just spoke to my superiors and they say to go ahead with the meeting."
[I thought that was the plan in the first place?] I asked as I ate my salad, [we go, get a meeting and then just go for it?]
"Of course not," said Joey as he ate something he called fish and chips, "we need a plan of attack for this."
"We could start on the fact that pokémon are very popular and with a new industry centered around pokémon, we could get the country out of debt," suggested Steve as he ate his soup.
"Or the fact that pokémon can help lower prices for goods," added Emma as she looked up from her pasta, "in this day and age, lower prices are always welcome."
"Or maybe we go to the fact that pokémon can help reduce stress with other people," chimed in Alex from her chicken, "the Olympics do that, and with a pokémon league we can do even more to relieve international stress."
"All of this is good," said Joey as he pointed at Josh, "but we really need some tech to show, like Poké-balls and Poké-dexs and maybe a few different Potions as well."
"I'll see what I can do," said Josh as he finished eating and stood up, "but in the meantime, let's finish eating and get started on changing this world even more."
(Normal POV)
'That meeting went well,' said Mew as he, Arceus and the Celebi twins stood around the viewing pool, watching Joey, Lilly, and the rest of their friends, eating dinner.
'Maybe, but now they have to get the second meeting to go well,' added the green Celebi.
'I think they will do well," said her twin as she waved her arm over the pool, which changed to a imagine of a bunch of people in a room, holding guns, 'now how do we deal with this?'
'The Freers of Humanity,' muttered Arceus, 'or just another name for a pokémon killer.'
'I don't think we can go to war against these people without the trainers,' said Mew, 'and even with the trainers, they will need to be stronger or it will be a blood bath.'
'I agree with that,' said a voice, and then a half shadow figure appeared, 'that's why we need at attack them now, before they attack us.'
'Usually I would agree with you, Darkrai,' said Arceus as he turned to the shadow figure, 'but this isn't our world, and if we attack these people before a strong pokémon presence is established then we will all die.'
So, that went well, although I think Ryan could use some help with his wardrobe selection. Seems like Mr. President is more open minded to pokémon then most, and that should be useful to Joey, Lilly, and their friends mission.
L and I think this is a good chapter for what will be coming soon, and we hope that you enjoyed reading it too. Feel free to do a review of you want to, we love to hear ideas about future chapters of just some constructive criticism. And if you don't feel like writing a review, then you can use private messaging to craft us.
But til we upload chapter 12, this is J and L, signing off.
