Chapter 14:The Adventure Continues
The next morning Bill woke up with Kate in his arms and smiled as he remembered what happened the previous night. He laid there for a moment before getting up and going downstairs, still holding the baby Mew in his arms. As soon as he got down stairs he was nearly tackled by Sapphire, Sarah and, surprisingly, Delia, but they all stopped as soon as they saw the pink blanket in Bill's arms. They all looked at Bill. After a moment he quietly said "Her name is Kate." They all looked at the sleeping Mew and said "Aww," at the same time. The rest of the week was uneventful. Kate began to grow and learn to fly, speak in poke speak, and understand English.
At the end of the week when Bill, Lucy, Kate, Sapphire, and Sarah were getting Delia pulled Bill aside and gave him a pokeball. "What's this?" Bill asked, confused. "Bill, last night I called my son and asked him for a favour. He said yes, and," she paused, "here you go. He should help with Kate." Delia said. "What is he?" Bill asked, holding the pokeball. "He's a bulbasaur. I asked my son for some suggestion because he has a family of his own, and I thought that he might know what Pokémon might be able to help you take care of Kate." She said with a smile. "Thanks Delia." Bill said and as an afterthought asked "Delia, who is your son?" "My son's name is Ash Ketchum." "OK, if I see him then I'll remember to thank him." Bill said with a smile. "And thank you for letting us stay here Delia." "It was a pleasure Bill. I hope to see you again someday." Delia said. After a few more minutes all five of them (including the bulbasaur, but the other four didn't know about it yet) left Pallet Town.
After about an hour of walking the five set up camp for lunch. Bill decided to tell the group about the bulbasaur as he was cooking lunch. "Delia gave me something before we left." He started. "She gave me a bulbasaur, she said he was going to help us take care of Kate. What do you guys think?" He asked. "Should I realise him now or after lunch?" After a moment of discussion, Kate stepped forward and said "Daddy, we think that you should let the bulb...bulbas..." Lucy came forward and whispered into Kate's ear. "Bulbasaur, out now." She finally finished. "OK then, hang on." Bill said, taking the pokeball out of his knapsack. "OK, everyone ready?" Bill asked and, seeing that everyone was nodding, put the pokeball on the ground and smashed it with his foot, the same way he did with Sarah's pokeball. Seeing the red light, Bill was relieved that he did it right, and all four of the Pokémon were surprised when the bulbasaur tackled Bill, but he (Bill) wasn't surprised, only because he was too busy being nuzzled by the bulbasaur to feel shocked or surprised. Once the bulbasaur realized that the person that he was nuzzling wasn't his trainer, he got off of Bill and said "Sorry," the bulbasaur said not expecting what was Bill was about to say. "It's OK. I know that you were expecting Ash, but his mom asked him for a recommendation on what Pokémon would be able to help us take care of Kate." He nodded to the baby Mew, who was staring at the bulbasaur with a surprised expression on her face. "Ash then reluctantly told his mom to give you to me. He thought that you could help us." Bill finished, realizing that the bulbasaur was staring at him wide eyed. "How, did you, understand me?" The bulbasaur asked. "Well, I can understand all Pokémon. But a more important question is, what's your name?" Bill asked, picking up the pokeball bits.
"My name is Phill..." He started, but had to stop when Bill put his hand over the bulbasaur's mouth. "Will you excuse us. Sapphire, would you please watch the stew?" Bill asked, pulling the bulbasaur into the forest, making sure that Sapphire couldn't hear. "You about to say that your name is Phillip, right?" Bill asked. Phillip nodded. "Listen, don't say that your name is Phillip, OK?" Phillip nodded but asked "Why?" "Listen, Lucy, Sapphire, and Sarah were severely beaten by a guy named Phillip, and it might make them trust you less. Just. Say your name is Phill, OK." Phill nodded. "Thanks. Oh, and please don't tell them I told you, OK." Phill said "OK Bill." The two then walked back to the camp in silence.
Once they got back to camp Bill said "Sorry about that." Phill then said "My name's Phill, it's a pleasure to meet you all." Sarah then said "It's nice to meet you to Phill. "What did Bill want to talk to you about?" Phill glanced over at Bill who was cooking silently. "Nothing in specific, he just wanted to know what kind of berries I liked." Phill said with a nervous smile. Sarah noticed his nervousness but let it pass as Bill called all of them to come line up behind Bill, youngest to oldest, for dinner. After they all had dinner, Bill sat beside Phill, who was the oldest, and Kate, who was the youngest. The group, with the exception of Bill, were chatting with each other. Phill noticed this and looked at Bill, the others still chatting. "Bill, what's wrong?" Phill asked, still holding his bowl with his vines. Bill looked at Phill and smiled. "Nothing's wrong Phill. I'm just glad for another male in the group." Phill responded, scratching Phill's head. "But, what about Kate's dad?" Phill asked, the females not noticing. "Hang on," Bill said, and he went over to Lucy and whispered something in her ear, but Phill couldn't hear what. After a moment Lucy nodded and Bill went back to sitting beside Phill. "Phill," Bill began, "Lucy seems to like and trust you, so I'll be completely honest with you. I'm Kate's father." Bill could see that this information shocked Phill, because he dropped his bowl when he heard Bill's claim.