Chapter 56: Two Island


August 1, 2006

Day 38: 5:17 P.M. Red's View

Location: Somewhere Between One Island and Two Island


"I'm disappointed," Green sighed, "What a rip."

"Oh you're still upset about the contest?" I asked her.

"Well yeah!" Green said angrily, "If Ashley didn't steal that PDA from us; we would have for sure won that contest hands down!"

"Technically," I explained, "It did belong to her even though she probably shouldn't have that thing anyways."

"Whatever Team Rocket is planning," Green said, "It can't be good. Why would they want someone inside the Pokémon League?"

"I don't know," I shrugged, "But I suppose we'll find out when the time comes. Anyhow, I don't suppose you are also upset about Kindle Road being blocked off when we went over there?"

"Of course I am," Green huffed, "I so wanted to take a nice dip in Ember Spa. Why did they have to shut down that route anyway?"

"Because of the recent volcanic activity," I explained, "They don't want anyone near the volcano if it erupts all of a sudden. Even though we couldn't get to Ember Spa today, we could actually move onto another island a bit earlier than I thought we would."

We were, at the moment, on a ferry that was bound for Two Island, the smallest of all the islands I believe. From what I hear, there isn't really much to see besides an outside market place and another game corner, though it is much smaller than the one in Celadon City.

"Yeah I suppose," Green said, "Even though we are going to check out a brand new island and stuff, this one just doesn't interest me too much."

"Oh come on!" I said, "This will be interesting. Plus! I got a surprise for you when you get there! After you see the surprise, I'm sure you'll find that this trip was actually worth it."

Green cocked her eyebrow at me suspiciously. "This isn't some kind of trap or payback for a past event," she asked me, "Because if it has to do with the Christmas party last year, I said I was sorry."

"Only because your mom made you apologize!" I said annoyed, "And no, this does not have to do with that or anything like that."

"Fine," she sighed, "But no funny business!"


We both arrived at the pier at least 8 minutes later. Compare to previous island and what I heard from the travel brochure I got at the Pokémon Center on One Island, this place was quite small. Don't get me wrong, this island was big, but it really wasn't that large when you compare it to Cinnabar Island, the Seafoam Islands, or One Island.

As soon as we stepped off the dock, we discovered how small the town actually was. As soon as we were off the docks, we were in the downtown area. There were a couple of tall buildings and a few stores. In the direct center of the town was the Pokémon Center, which was much smaller when compared to the one on One Island. There were a couple of people walking the street but not that many.

"There's not much to see here," Green sighed as we both walked together down Main Street, "This place really is small!"

"Hey!" I said pointing towards a building as we walked along, "Check this place out!" There was a large neon sign hanging above a revolving door which was attached to a large, fairly new building. On each side of the revolving door was another clear glass doorway for people who didn't like the revolving kind. The sign read, 'Sevii Island Central Game Corner'.

"Oh it's the game corner for the Sevii Islands," Green said examining the place, "Maybe it has the same type of games as the one in Celadon City?"

"Minus Team Rocket," I joked. She giggled and nodded. We remembered the last time we went into a game corner; it wasn't really fun. Green ended up having to battle Team Elite agent Noah and his fossil team, then we ended up being captured by Team Rocket, and to top that all off, Green faced off against Team Rocket's boss. Not the best experience we ever had.

"Do you want to check it out?" I asked her, "Not much else to do besides this."

"Sure," she shrugged, "Why not?" We both walked towards the door and pushed on it. It was locked. We tried the other two normal doors, but they were both locked as well.

"Well I guess we aren't going to be able to get inside here any time soon," I said to her, "I wonder why it's locked though. The sign that has the business hours on it in the window said that this place should still be open at this time of day."

"Maybe the owner's on vacation and gave the employees' the day off?" Green suggested, "Or maybe they were all abducted by aliens which is the more likely situation in my book."

"Your book could use some proof reading if you catch my drift," I said shaking my head disappointedly, "For once, it sounded like you had a logically situation and then you had to go and blow it."

"I'm lost on what you just said," she said to me, "Are we talking about my first or second guess at what happen as the logically situation?" Ugh. She's not the brightest bulb around.

"Anyhow," I said to her, "Let's go check into the Pokémon Center for the night. In the morning we can go and check out Three Island. I hear there are quite a few more things to see there than here."

She nodded and we continued off to the center. We walked into the building and it looked pretty much like every other center we seen and stayed at. There was only really two differences and that was the fact that the plants were tropical plants and there were a couple of ceiling fans cooling the building from the intense heat.

"Oh hello," Nurse Joy said to us as we entered the building, "Welcome to Two Island's Pokémon Center. Would you like us to heal your Pokémon?"

"Sure," I said walking over with Green, "We'll also be spending the night here so could we get a room?"

"No problem," Nurse Joy said with a smile taking our Pokémon we handed over, "You know, it's always a pleasure seeing a nice couple traveling together through the area."

"We are not a couple," Green said angrily, and then she held out a necklace with a tiny locket, "You see the picture in this locket? Does it look like I have his picture in it? No! You see whose picture in it? Not his! This boy is my true love!"

"Only in your fantasy land," I mumbled.

"I'll ignore that one this time," she said, "But either way, we are not a couple period! Just get us a room for us to sleep in!"

"That sounds suggestive," I said.

"Get your mind out of the gutter!" she said slapping me upside the head, "Now that one I couldn't ignore!"

"OK then…" Nurse Joy said with a weird look pointing towards a hallway to the far right, "The rooms are down that way, please enjoy yourselves and your Pokémon should be all healed up a bit later."


Time: 6:02 P.M.

Green's View


After getting all settled in and stuff, Red and me decided to take a look around the area. We left the main street area and ended up at an outdoor shop that was set up underneath a tent. There were a couple of shelves, racks, and other things set up with a lot of merchandize on it.

"Look at all of this stuff!" I said to Red, "My shopping senses are tingling! I want to buy a lot of stuff!"

"Oh no!" he said to me, "I will not be your pack mule! Besides, if you buy a lot of this stuff, you'll end up carrying it throughout the rest of the adventure anyways which will just end up weighing you down!"

"Maybe," I said, "But I'll survive, I just want to buy a lot of things!"

"You'll survive?!" he said to me annoyed, "Weren't you the one who would always complain back in the beginning of this adventure that walking will kill you if you keep walking continuously? Speaking of which, whatever happened to that?"

"I grew out of that phase!" I said, "I grown into my shopping and buying phase!" I just love messing with him, its fun to do.

"Anyways," Red said glancing around, "What are you going to buy?" I glanced around the market; there wasn't really much that interested me at all. There were a couple of t-shirts, hats, sunglasses, and sandals they were selling, but that was pretty much all tourist stuff which didn't really interest me.

I then looked over by the counter where the cashier was and saw some interesting things. I walked over and glance at the stuff that he was selling. It turned out that he was selling some food products I have never seen before. "This is interesting," I said picking up a large, wrapped cookie, "What's a Lava Cookie?"

"Ah!" the cashier said, "These are rare delicacy that I had imported from the Hoenn region. These cookies are from Lavaridge Town, which is at the bottom of Mt. Cimney. They say that the ingredients that make the cookies are found on the volcano and they say because of that is the reason why these cookies have an interesting taste."

"Ooh!" I said, "I wonder what the taste is! Red! Taste this for me!"

"I'm not food taster!" he said angrily, "I'm checking to see if it has poison in it or not!"

"That's not why I am asking you at all!" I said to him, "I asking you because I want to know what the taste is!"

"Why don't you just ask him?" he demanded.

"Now where's the fun in that?" I said unwrapping one of the cookies and handing the man a dollar as payment, "Where's the fun in asking for the answer when we could have fun in finding it out the old fashion way?"

"We?!" he said, "I have a strong feeling that you'll get more fun out of this than me! Further more…" I quickly shoved the cookie into his mouth since he obviously wasn't going to eat the cookie without some encouragement.

"Ugh!" he said spitting out the cookie, "Yuk! It's all spicy! Who the heck likes or even wants a spicy cookie?!"

"I do now!" I said happily, and then I turned to the man at the register, "I'll buy them all!"

"Why?" Red asked, "Why would you want to buy a bunch of spicy cookies?"

"They'll make good pranks for the future!" I said to him with a big grin, "You know what I'm talking about now, right?"

"Sadly yes," he sighed, "Now I'll have to be suspicious of any cookie you'll give me in the future or be careful of sleeping with my mouth opened."


Location: Viridian City Gym Time: 6:35 P.M.

Blue's View


"It's about time!" I sighed, "My gym badge journey is about to end right here!" It's been a while since I challenged a gym leader last, mostly because I have been training my Pokémon to get stronger for the Pokémon League coming soon in the future. I figured I had some time to blow and I really didn't need to rush getting to the gym right away since the league didn't start for almost another month.

I pushed opened the large, steel doors and stepped into the building. I stepped inside the gym and the doors closed behind me. A small pathway lit 

up below my feet and led to a door at the end of the room. Other than the doors and the lights, from what I saw, this room was empty.

"Where's the gym leader?" I mumbled to myself as I walked down the pathway, "Must be beyond the door and stuff. I don't understand why the gym floor isn't the first room you enter in this gym."

As I pondered over that thought, I opened the door and stepped inside. The room was very large and had a nice, polish, smooth floor. There were two other doors in the room besides the one I enter; one was at the opposite end of the room and the other was on the left wall. Surrounding the large gym floor was 20 lit torches that blazed brightly. Finally, at the very end of the room stood a large throne that was empty, but stood silent as it waited for its owner to return.

"No one here?" I asked annoyed glancing around the area, "Is the gym leader even here?! This stinks. I travel all the way back here to battle the gym leader for the final badge and he or she's not even here! I could still be training, but no! I had to come here and get this battle over with!"

"Hold your horses and Ponytas!" a voice said entering the room from the side door, "The gym leader will be here in just a sec!" The person was a teenage girl, probably about 15 or 16. She had long brown hair and pale skin. She had a lab coat on, a pair of sunglasses hanging from a pocket, a blue shirt underneath her coat, a long red skirt, and red boots.

"OK," I sighed, "I'll wait for a bit anyhow. Who are you anyways?"

"My name is Laura," she said with a polite smile, "I work with the gym leader… as a researcher."

"Why would a gym leader need a researcher?" I asked.

"Sorry," she said with a weird smile, "That's hard to explain and its private matters."

The door behind the throne opened up and out stepped a large, looming figure. I froze up, not something I usually do mind you, at the sight of the man. I couldn't believe my eyes. I have met this man before and the last time I did, it wasn't a good thing.

"Well," the man said with a surprised voice, but with a wicked smile, "Who would have thought that I would run into you again? The second grandson of Professor Oak and incredibly talented Pokémon trainer, Blue Oak."

"It's you!" I said pointing my right finger at him, "Giovanni of Team Rocket!"

"Boss?" Laura said confused, "Do you know this trainer?"

"He's friends with Red Fire and…" he said, "That other person… the girl… whose name is not important since I cannot remember it."

"Her name is Green Leaf if I remember correctly," she said with a stern look, "She's that girl that beat you before."

"I was having an off day," he shrugged, "But that does not matter, what does matter is that another of their friends as walked into straight into our grasps like a fly that flew into a Venus flytrap. Blue here… will be staying with us for a while."

"What?!" I said angrily, "I'm not staying here period!" Suddenly, a felt a large item slam hard against my head. In just a moment, I hit the ground hard and the whole room turned dark around me.


Location: Two Island Time: 8:32 P.M.

Red's View


"Excuse me you two," a man said to us as we stepped out of the Pokémon Center, "Can you two spare a moment?"

"Sure," Green said to him, "What do you need?"

"Have you seen my daughter?" he said handing us both a flyer, "Her name is Lostelle Mayo. She's about 7 years old and has red hair with two ponytails."

"I'm sorry," I said to man looking over the flyer and then folding it and putting it my pocket for later reference, "I haven't seen her before, but I will keep my eyes out for her while."

"Wait a minute," Green said glancing over the flyer and then asking the man, "You named your daughter Lostelle? It seems like you jinxed her from the start."

"Yeah I know," Mr. Mayo said, "Ever since she could walk, she's been disappearing all the time, but this is the first time she's disappeared this long before and I'm getting worried."

"Don't worry," Green said with a smile, "We'll look for her while we are out here in the Sevii Islands. Do you know any place where she might go around here?"

"Not anywhere on this island," Mr. Mayo said, "But she likes Berry Forest on Three Island. She goes there every time the family goes to the island. I go and check myself but the Tri-Pass I have I can't find and I don't have enough money to afford going there right now."

"We're heading there in the morning," I told him, "We'll check it out for you!"

"Thank you so much!" the man said to us, "If you find my daughter there, please bring her to the game corner, that's where our family lives." The man gave us a nod and continued on his way.

After he left, we continued on our way. I led Green to the outskirts of the tiny town and onto a large hill overlooking the town. "So why are we here?" she asked me, "What's going on?"

"Just keep your eyes on the horizon," I said to her, "Then you'll see something cool!" She shrugged and looked out into the darkness of the night.

Suddenly, fireworks began to shoot off into the sky in dazzling red and green blasts that lit up the night sky. "Wow," she muttered in awe at the sight of the fireworks, "Amazing!"

"I know!" I told her, "This is why I wanted us to stop here in the first place. Every year on this date, Two Island shoots off fireworks in celebration of the town's founding."

"This is so cool!" she said happily, "I love the glittery sparkles that fall to the earth as the firework dies out."

"Well I knew you like this stuff…" I said unaware that I was blushing at that time, "I just wanted to do something nice for you, that's all. After all… we're sort of best friends, aren't we?"

"Yep," she said with a cheerful smile, "Every now and then, you know just what to do to make me happy and remind me that you are truly a great guy. This is one of those moments."


Location: Unknown

Time: 9:11 P.M.

Team Elite Agent Abbey's View


"Excuse me," I said peeking into Jordan's room once more, "I just wanted to talk to you again." He was currently reading a book called Animal Farm to himself. I guess he finished looking over the files now. Also, right behind me was Noah.

"Darn you Napoleon!" he said to himself angrily as he read the book, "Why did you have to do that to Boxer! He was your most faithful follower and sold him for a crate of alcohol! Why did you have to do that?"

"Not to bother you during your personal time," I said to him again, hoping that he would hear me, "Noah and me want to talk to you right now."

"Alright," he said setting the book down on his desk, "I need to hear something more cheerful now anyways after reading that chapter. What's up?"

"Well man," Noah said, "I wanted to tell you that something important has popped up recently. You know about all of that research we been doing on the artifacts from that forest in Jotho that are related to Celebi?"

"Yeah," he said, "What about it?"

"I just got word that one of the artifacts is being moved to Trainer Tower on Seven Island for a special exhibit," he said, "You know, the Gem Time Flute."

"Really?" Jordan said interestedly, "We been dying to find out more about that thing for a long time now, but we were never able to see it up close or even learn much about it do to all of that secrecy in that village. I want you to check out the exhibit right away and see what you find out about that thing we don't already know."

"The exhibit won't be opening for a couple of months though," he explained, "The Flute itself won't be around until the opening."

"Well then go buy an entrance ticket for the exhibit and start making plans for that date!" Jordan said, "We need to know everything about it and if that legend is true."

"Right," he said taking off, "I'll see you later."

"Anyhow," Jordan said glancing at me, "What do you need?"

"Well," I said to him, "I'm going to head off and collect the badges that are required to get into the league tomorrow morning, but I just got some interesting news about the Viridian City Gym."

"What about the gym?"

"It seems like one of the past gym leaders has returned and took over the gym," I said to him, "You know, the one who was in charge when the gym collapsed."

"Really," Jordan said getting quiet, "This is an interesting turn of events. It seems like Team Rocket has returned back to that gym again. Listen, I want you to handle the other gyms, not the Viridian City one."

"Why?" I asked him.

"I'll be the one to get that badge for you," he said.


Author Notice: I have some news for you all. I have added another character profile of mine to my profile page, this time it is Laura of Team Rocket. I figured she made enough appearances to be granted a profile. I always placed two other profiles for Team Elite, agents Josh and Madison who will appear near the end of my story. Until their appearance, you won't know anything about them!

I have an idea for a spin off story of the series. I recently bought Pokémon Pearl and after playing with it for a bit, a story about it I think would be in order. The thing is, it be a bit different than this story and its sequels. I won't say why, but a few things I will say is that Kaitlin Éclat is to appear in it and that Team Elite agents Jordan and Abbey would play a bigger role in the story. That's all.

In the next chapter, Red and Green are off to Three Island for some fun and in hopes of finding Lostelle. But first they have to deal with a biker problem going on before they can do anything. It's nothing that they can't handle… hopefully.


Next to Come: Chapter 57: Bikers Unite!

Date: 5/8/08

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