1Chapter Twenty-Five: Gotta Catch 'em All
A teleport opened and Snake tumbled out onto a dirt path in a large open field. Snake stood and looked around all the tall grass, and then looked around for the others.
"Where am I?" Snake looked up at the sky and then around at the tall grass on either side of him. He then started to walk up the path he was on and soon he came to a town. The buildings were oddly place apart from each other and the doors to all them pointed the same direction but Snake still walked in and looked around. There were a few people out and about the town that gave Snake some funny looks but overall it seemed pretty normal.
Snake walked into the center of town and found a light green haired woman in a blue police uniform. "Excuse me?" Snake walked up the woman.
The woman turned and looked Snake up and down curiously. "Yes, can I help you?"
Snake had to think about this carefully. "What town is this?"
"You're in Cerulean City sir." The woman responded turning to watch a couple of kids go running by.
"Say uh..." Snake looked carefully at a name badge on the officers jacket. "Officer...Jenny, do you have an information office near here?"
"Of course sir." Officer Jenny turned and pointed to a building with a large red and white ball on the top of it. "Go right into the Pokemon Center."
Snake walked away from Officer Jenny and moved to the Pokemon Center. Snake walked through the automatic doors and entered what looked almost like the waiting room of a hospital. He walked up to a desk and looked around. "Anyone here?"
A woman in a pink and white nurses outfit with pink hair stepped behind the desk. "Can I help you sir?" The woman said cheerfully.
Snake smiled. "Listen...this may sound strange but, I have no idea where I am."
The woman put her hand to her chest. "Oh my sir, are you lost?"
Snake lifted his head into the air. "Yeah, I'm lost alright."
"Well sir, you are in Cerulean City." The woman said.
Snake bowed his head. "This is going to sound strange, but I don't know what planet I'm on."
The woman moved her head over to one side and looked at Snake curiously.
Snake nervously smiled. "If you could just tell me..." Snake's eyes slowly drifted to the egg-shaped pink creature wearing a nurses cap that had just walked in and was now standing next to the woman. "What the hell?" Snake took a step back.
"Is there a problem sir?" The woman looked down at the creature and up at Snake.
Snake stared at the pink creature that looked side to side. It then brought it's hands together and smiled. "Chansey!"
"What is that?" Snake pointed at the pink monster.
The woman stepped out from behind the desk. "Maybe you should sit down sir."
A boy stepped into the Pokemon Center carrying a small blue bat. "Nurse Joy, my Zubat is sick!"
"Of course," Nurse Joy took the bat in her arms and then looked up at Snake. "If you will wait just one moment sir." Nurse Joy left the room and Snake fell into one of the chairs.
"What is this place?" Snake rubbed his hand across his face.
"You okay mister?" The boy asked.
Snake slowly looked at the boy and sighed. "I don't know."
Nurse Joy walked in carrying a small red and white ball. "Here you are." She handed the ball to the boy. The boy smiled and ran outside. "Now, what did you need sir?" Nurse Joy looked back at Snake.
"What is the name of the planet we are on?" Snake said this very calmly, so he wouldn't upset the woman anymore than he already had.
"What do you mean sir?" Nurse Joy moved her head to one side.
Snake rubbed his eyes. "Is there someone else I can talk to?"
Nurse Joy was a little shocked at this. "Of course sir." Nurse Joy then walked into a room behind the desk. A moment later she came back out and smiled at Snake. "Can I help you sir?"
Snake was baffled. "Yeah, I wondered if there was someone else I could talk to."
"I know sir, that's what Nurse Joy told me." The woman motioned to the door where the first woman just walked out.
"Is everything alright?" The first woman asked.
Snake shifted his eyes back and forth to the two nurses and sighed. "Twins?"
The two nurses looked at each other. "No," Said the second nurse. "We have no relation. What would make you think that?"
Snake slowly bowed his head, turned around, and walked out of the building. He passed the police woman without saying a word, and walked out of the town. Snake followed the road for a while but eventually began to wander away into some tall grass. Snake brought his hand to his ear and began to scan through his CODEC to see if there was anyone available to talk to but could find nothing.
Soon it became night and Snake was still aimlessly walking through the tall grass. "Anyone there?" He asked as he scanned through CODEC channels again. Snake stopped as a voice came though. "Is someone there?" Snake asked over the nanomachines. The voice that came through was filled with static and was garbled at times but the message could still be heard easily.
"Snake! Where are you? I need help!"
Snake tried to tune the channel so the signal was clearer but he couldn't fix it. "Samus! You're breaking up!" Snake looked around as he heard the grass rustle.
"Snake!" Samus shouted over the CODEC. "Stay where you are...I'll try to get where you are as soon as I..." The message became clouded in static.
"Samus! What happened?" Snake shouted.
The grass rustled fiercely and Snake turned to see a small black ball with legs walking toward him. It also had large green leaves coming out of the top of it. "Oddish?" The creature said to Snake.
Snake grimaced at the creature and lightly tapped it with his foot. The black creature frowned and shouted the word Oddish at Snake. It's leaves then swayed back and forth and released a bright gold pollen. Snake looked around as the cloud of pollen fell around him. He then went stiff, a shock went through his body, and he fell into a world of blackness.
"Ah, good to see you're awake." Was the first thing Snake heard when he came to. He slowly sat up in the bed he was in looked at the man in the white lab coat. "We were all a little worried."
Snake ran his hand over his face. "Where the hell am I?"
The man in the lab coat nodded. "Yes, Nurse Joy said you were asking questions like that. I think I can help clear up your questions." Snake looked at the man with a confused yet hopeful look. "First, let me introduce myself. My name is Professor Oak. The world you are in is referred to as Kanto."
Snake smiled. "Okay, what was that thing in the grass?"
Professor Oak smiled. "That was an Oddish, a Pokemon."
Snake's face went into a blank stare. "Pokeyman?"
Oak chuckled. "No, it's pronounced Poke-ah-mon. Pokemon."
Snake stood up. "I'd ask if that means anything but I really have to get going."
Professor Oak smiled and bowed his head. "Of course, your friend is here looking for you."
Snake was lead outside where Samus stood next to her ship.
"Ready to go?" Samus asked.
Snake climbed up the ladder and crawled into the ship. Samus jumped on top of the ship and looked around. The image of a woman's face appeared in static on her visor. She then jumped into the ship.
"So, what happened to you?" Snake asked as they left the planet.
The image of the face smiled.