The Story of Silver Ketchum
Chapter 7- Tragedy at Mt. Moon
After days of hiking, Silver and Mew had finally reached Mt. Moon. That night, they camped near the cavern entrance. We'll let them sleep for a while, so that we can catch up on what had been happening to Jacen.
Jacen had won his first badge just before Silver, the afternoon he had left his would-be companions. Even though his success had brought a great deal of excitement, Jacen had soon become rather bored. Traveling alone was just no fun after having people around to talk to.
Lying awake in his sleeping bag, Jacen kicked himself for leaving his friends behind. He could finally realize what they had meant to him now that they were gone. Especially Silver. He had to admit it, she was special. Silver was unlike any of the ditzy breed of girls that populated his hometown. He decided to catch up with her and apologize. Jacen yawned. Well, maybe in the morning.
Guess what? It's morning…
Mew and Silver explored the first few room-like caverns of Mt. Moon, but saw none of the Pokémon Albert's map function had promised her. Just as Mew was beginning to noisily inform her that it was nearly lunchtime, a tinkling "triii…" echoed throughout the cavern.
As if appearing from nowhere, a tiny glittering animal fluttered into the cavern on butterfly-like wings, continuing to emit its sweet, rather bewitching cry. It was perhaps eight inches long, a sort of cross between a Jigglypuff and a Clefairy, but not as pudgy as either.
Silver instinctively pulled out Albert, her Pokédex. "Clemyth. This Pokémon will eventually evolve into a Clefairy. It flutters on delicate wings, which will become stunted and unfunctional when it evolves. This Pokémon uses Sleep attacks, as well as a variety of Normal and Psychic powers. Clemyth are very rarely seen by humans."
"All right!" Silver cried, pulling a Pokéball out and enlarging it to shot-put size. "Go, Doduo!"
"Doooo! Duo!" the two-headed bird cried.
The Clemyth trilled in surprise, but was instantly on the defensive with its Sing attack. Doduo acted quickly and hid its heads under the sandy cavern floor, looking like a strange ostrich but avoiding the mystical music. At Silver's command, Doduo slammed it into a wall, but not before Clemyth had Psywaved it.
The enraged Clemyth blasted into its super powerful Metronome attack. That's when things began to go wrong…
Meanwhile, Jacen raced to catch up with his former companions. He had found their campsite only minutes ago, and he followed their tracks all the way into Mt. Moon. Noises ahead caused him to run even faster…
The extreme force of the Metronome blast had completely missed Doduo's Agility, and had instead crashed into the walls. Clemyth was drained of energy by now. Ignoring the ominous rumbling throughout the wall behind her, Silver tossed a Pokéball.
The wall suddenly collapsed, sending a stream of fair-sized rocks tumbling directly toward Silver. Frozen in shock, she barely had time to scream in pain as the rockslide knocked her unconscious and half-buried her. There was no time to notice that her Pokéball's light had faded to grey after a slight struggle…
Jacen had arrived just in time to witness all this. He rushed to Silver's side, where Mew, who had escaped unharmed, was already scrabbling at the rock that covered her limp form. Together, they pulled away the rocks and Jacen scooped Silver's surprisingly lightweight body into his arms. She was barely breathing.
"We have to get her to a hospital," he remarked, to no one in particular. Thinking only to reach medical facilities in Cerulean City, Jacen raced into the bowels of the mountain, with Mew right behind. Mew absently grabbed the unresponsive Pokéball as she ran.
When it was obvious that Jacen was hopelessly lost, he called out his Arbok. "Arbok, lead us to the nearest exit, okay?"
Suddenly, a tall, thin man stepped out of the shadows. "Who are you?" Jacen demanded when the man refused to let him pass.
"My name is Saunders. I have strict orders to deliver that young lady and her Pokémon to my master. You will do as I say, or face the consequences."
"Why should I believe you? Let me through, now!"
"Very well, then. Don't say I didn't warn you." The stranger pulled a Pokéball out. "Go…oh, &@*$#!"
Jacen had taken advantage of the stranger's preoccupation with his Pokémon and had run off to follow Arbok, with Mew in close pursuit.
Nurse Jill was bored. It was her first day on the job in the hospital, and so far she had gotten to absolutely NOTHING all day! Nurse Jill sighed, adjusting one of her magenta loops of hair in the reflection of the computer screen. She almost wished for an emergency, so that the day wouldn't be a total loss…
The automatic doors pinged suddenly, and a tall kid sprinted through, screeching to a halt in front of the speechless Nurse Jill, with something in his arms, and a Pokémon following him. He motioned breathlessly to the bedraggled girl in his arms. "She…rockslide…mountain…help…" he gasped.
Ordinarily, Nurse Jill would have jumped for joy at the prospect of saving someone's life, but professionalism took over. "Get me a stretcher out here, STAT!" she called.
Whew, this is taking more space than I expected.
Nevermind. ~Ahem.
Will Silver survive? What will happen to Jacen and Mew? Did you figure out what happened to Clemyth? Why am I asking rhetorical questions? Find out next time…
TO BE CONTINUED
(In hopefully a short amount of time for all you impatient people out there)