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Episode 12: High Speeds, High Stakes!
"Are you sure you can take a motorcycle in through Rock Tunnel? I thought there were rules against that." I said as I sat behind Kyle in the oversized seat to the massive bike.
"Why not? Regular bicycles are allowed." He said as he sat Pichu in my lap, with Pikachu. "Besides, if you think I'm walking like the rest of these losers, you're crazy." Kyle revved the engine unaware of the nearby travelers he'd offended. As he zoomed off, and puffs of smoke surrounded them, I saw one reach for his phone.
I gripped onto Kyle's jacket for support. The high speeds made me a little scared in the dark cave. But with his headlights on, and Pikachu and Pichu to light the way, I felt a little better. We sailed right by the mess of trainers littering the cave. Some of them scowled, some yelled out obscenities, and some yelled things like, "You're going to kill somebody on that thing!"
Kyle stayed focused on the road in front of him. He carefully maneuvered around the curves and I remembered thinking he was a pretty good driver. Drives too fast, but good. As I was thinking this however, I heard sirens coming from behind us.
"What is that?" I asked as I turned to see Officer Jenny in her motorbike behind us, a growlithe in the side cart.
"Ah crud." Kyle said as he revved the engine even more. "Hold on tight Shonna." He pushed the gas down all the way as we sped faster and faster through the cave. I wrapped my arms tight around his waist.
"Kyle! Why aren't we stopping?" I called out. "Just pull over!"
"Nope. Sorry." He sped up more. "In case you forgot, I'm a man on the run."
"Oh yeah," I clung to him as I watched everything streak past in blurs. Pikachu and Pichu clung to me just as tight. I glanced back to see Jenny still on our tail, further behind, but still there. "She's still back there." I commented.
"Yeah, but we'll lose her." He said, eyes fixed on something ahead.
I looked up to see a pile of rocks, arranged into a ramp, it looked unsteady, and we were headed right for it. "Kyle! Turn! Turn or we'll hit those rocks!"
"Exactly!" He said as he pushed down to bounce the bike enough to where the front end raised, and hit the large flat rock. We sailed over it, and for a minute I felt like I was in one of the slow-motion moments of an action flick. I screamed as we passed over the rocks. The weight of the bike crushed the rocks as they fell and crumbled into a heap in front of Jenny. She stopped just short of it.
"We did it!" I cheered. Suddenly Kyle pulled to a stop. "Hey what's up? Why'd we stop?"
"Dead end." He said as he looked around the area.
We were enclosed in a rock-like box. Walls surrounded us on three sides, and the piled up rocks blocked the other. "Great," I said. "Now what?"
"There!" Kyle pointed at one of the walls. "You see that? There's dirt falling from that wall, it's probably thinner." He reached for the pokeball around his neck, releasing Growlithe. "Go Growlithe! Use Dig on that wall." The dog began clawing through the wall as fast as it could, but not near fast enough as I watched Jenny's growlithe burn through the pile of rocks. The flamethower burned through the last of the rocks as Jenny stepped through. "Stop right there! I got a complaint of someone driving recklessly through the cave with a motorcycle, and you fit the bill! Step off the bike! You two are under arrest!" She stepped forward with the handcuffs. Her growlithe followed. "Wait a second…" She stared at Kyle. "I know you!"
"C'mon growlithe…" Kyle gritted his teeth as he watched growlithe claw through.
"It's no good." I clenched my fists together. "Growlithe's not going to be enough to break through that wall."
"Growwwlithe!" The pup dug through the hard rock until a bright red stone fell to the ground. He pawed at it gently until a light engulfed him. He grew, and became a giant Arcanine. He pushed his way through the last of the wall, breaking through.
"An Arcanine!" Kyle watched in awe.
"Okay! You can admire it later Kyle, we gotta go!" I said poking his back.
"Right!" He said as he revved the engine and sped through the hole. Arcanine followed, leaving Jenny briefly stunned. "Arcanine, close the wall with Flamethrower!" Immediately, Arcanine burned the rock above to leave molten rock filling the gap. We drove off and out of the cave before Jenny knew what hit her.
