Chapter 25: Jaws
Brody stalked quietly through the forest. "I've got to find one of those kids to use as bait." He whispered to himself. "Then I can capture Aerodactyl and be rich! Now, how am I going to trap the bait?" He thought for a moment, then had an idea. "Why, a disguise, of course."
Meanwhile…
Ash, May, and Pikachu woke up bright and early the next morning to go looking for the others.
"Do you even know which way to go?" May asked.
Ash admitted, "Actually, I have no clue which way to go. I sorta got lost coming here. But let's try going to the coast. If we're on the shore, we might be able to find the camp and we can figure out what we could do from there."
May thought it sounded like a good plan.
After a while of walking a lot, Ash said that they could take a short break, and May agreed right away. But just as they sat down, they heard rustling in the bushes, and suddenly, a group of Omanite and Omastar jumped out at them!
"AAAHH!" Ash and May screamed and they started to run. But the Pokémon caught up to them and tackled the trainers.
"Ash! Help!"
Ash saw that most of them were attacking May, and he commanded, "Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!"
Pikachu obeyed, and the Thunderbolt caused the prehistoric Pokémon to jump off May…and go for Ash!
Ash was tackled to the ground. "Run, May!"
"But—"
"Just go! I'll handle them!"
May hesitated, then she fled in the jungle.
The Omanite and Omastar continued to attack Ash. Then his backpack fell off and the egg rolled out. The Pokémon paused. Then the egg started to glow and the Omanite and Omastar ran away.
"That was weird." Said Ash.
"Pika!" Pikachu pointed to the glowing egg.
Ash gasped softly as the egg glowed and wiggled. Then, the egg stood upright and changed form. When the light dimmed, the mystery Pokémon was revealed.
A baby Aerodactyl.
Ash cried out in surprise and jumped back a little. Pikachu squealed and hid behind his trainer.
The baby Aerodactyl looked at Ash, but not in the fearsome way like the adult Aerodactyl. The baby Pokémon chirped and started to crawl towards Ash.
Ash didn't know what to do. He just sat there with his eyes shut tight. Then, he felt something rub against his arm. He looked down and saw the baby Aerodactyl nuzzling his arm. Then Ash understood. The Aerodactyl thought that Ash was its parent. Ash felt relieved. "It's ok, Pikachu." He said, and Pikachu came out from behind Ash and went up cautiously to the baby Aerodactyl.
The Aerodactyl squeaked and opened its mouth, revealing rows of sharp, pointy teeth.
Pikachu froze and closed his eyes.
The Aerodactyl baby licked Pikachu's face.
Pikachu nearly fainted from relief.
Ash chuckled. "You're not such a bad Pokémon." He picked up the Aerodactyl and cradled it in his arms. "You're actually kinda cute."
The baby Aerodactyl yawned and curled up to nap.
Ash smiled. "You need a name. And I know the perfect one. Jaws."