Ryan's Pokemon Adventure

Ryan's Pokémon Adventure
Ch. 11 A Trip To The Secret Garden
By BlastSage

The sun crept silently onto Ryan's face as his eyes fluttered open and came to focus in the room he was in. He brushed his hair from his eyes as he swiftly rose from his bed. Too bad he didn't seem to remember that the bed he was sleeping in was a bunk bed. "Ow," he yelped as the pain encircled his head. Once the pain had cleared, he got up, got dressed, and went to the lower level of the Pokémon Center.

He found Karen, Ttocs, and the newest addition to the group, Jeremy, having a discussion on where they should head to next.

"Hey guys, what's up," he asked as he sat down at the table and helped himself to some cereal while releasing his pokémon to the feeding area.

"We're all trying to decide where we should head to next," informed Karen. She pointed to a map of the continent. "I think we should go to Vermilion City and take a cruise trip on the ship S.S. Imagination, sister ship to the S.S. Anne."

"And sink down to the bottom of the ocean, just like the S.S. Anne," remarked Jeremy. "Forget that. I think we should head over to Lavender Town. I heard that there are awesome ghost pokémon that reside there."

Ryan was quietly listening when he realized that Ttocs hadn't said anything yet. "Hey Ttocs, you haven't said where you wanted to go. Have any idea where?"

The other two stopped talking and stared at Ttocs. He could feel the pressure as he spoke his mind. "Well, if you really want to know where I want to go, I think we should visit Bill, the Pokémon Expert. Rumor has it that he has a secret collection of hard to find Pokémon.

Everyone's eyes lit up. "Hard to find Pokémon!" they thought. They all finished up their breakfast hurriedly. They ran to collect their Pokémon and take a few snacks for later. "Let's go!" they all said at the same time as they walked out of the building.

----------------------------------------

"This place is crowded," remarked Karen as they came to a beach in Northern Cerulean City. Huge crowds of people were there, all having fun in the sun. "But I don't see any house in sight."

"Look right there," Ttocs said as he pointed to a high cliff about a mile away; a lighthouse stood on top of it. "Let's get started." He pushed his way through the crowd, followed be everyone else.

----------------------------------------

Clank! Clank! Clank!

The doorknocker was let go of when the door opened. "Come in," said a friendly voice from within. So the group walked in. The door shut by itself as the lights flickered on. A green haired man walked up to them with a friendly smile. "Hello. I'm Bill, the Pokémon Researcher at this lighthouse. Is there anyway I can help you?"

"Yes," said Ttocs. He introduced the gang to him. "I am a big fan of your researchyou might even say that I do research of my own."

"Oh, really," he replied. "Where do you conduct your research?" Ttocs flipped out a pass showing that he was an authorized scientist at the PL Reserve. "Oh, I see. Well, why don't you come with me and help me on this research project I am currently doing." Bill turned to the rest of the group who was looking around at the huge, decorated walls that surrounded the place. "While I'm gone, maybe you would like to go and visitmy garden? Perhaps practice your training skills?"

"Yeah, that would be awesome," Ryan exclaimed. Bill handed Ryan, Jeremy, and Karen a map and passes, then escorted them to a hidden back door to the room. Bill opened the door for them as an immense wave of heat filtered toward the group. Through the door, it seemed to be more like a jungle more than a garden.

"You know, it would probably be a good idea to release your pokémon to protect you, since most of the pokémon are very wild and can sometimes be very dangerous," advised Bill as he closed the door. Everyone released their pokémon, then proceeded through the thick plants.

----------------------------------------

"It's so beautiful," Karen admired the beauty all around here. The plants were huge, blotting out a lot of the sunlight, making it very dark. Up ahead, groups of Mankey swung through the trees, observing the group, as a flock of Farfetch'd flew overhead. Just as Ryan, Karen, and Jeremy passed by a group of bushes, the bushes rustled. "What was that," Karen asked, jumping behind Ryan. Their pokémon stood by waiting to defend their trainers from harm.

Jeremy walked carefully to the bushes, followed by his Sandshrew, Pikachu, and Poliwhirl. "Show yourself," he called toward the bushes, a tone of curiosity in his voice.

"Scy-," replied a Scyther as it stepped from its hiding place. The sharp edges of its blades glinted in the hiding sun as it took a fighting position. "Scyther."

"So, you want play hard to catch, do you," Jeremy said in a criminal voice imitation. "Poliwhirl and Sandshrew aren't very effective against Bug/Flying types," he thought. "So I guess I should use-"

"Pikachu, fire a Thunderwave at Scyther!" Pikachu charged up its electric sacs as it fired a tidal wave of sparks and electricity at Scyther. The energy was so sharp and intense that it went deep into Scyther and paralyzed him. "Now a Thundershock!"

"PiCHUU!" Pikachu cried as another wave of electricity washed over Scyther. He fell to the ground, paralyzed and unable to defend itself.

"Pokéball, go!" Jeremy threw the pokéball at the Scyther, who was sucked in and calmed in the pokéball without struggle. "Yes," he celebrated as he did a victory dance.

"Wow, I would have never caught a pokémon that easily, especially with it being hard to catch." Ryan said.

----------------------------------------

They all continued to walk throughout the afternoon observing, battling, or capturing many more pokémon. Jeremy found and caught a Squirtle, while Karen caught a Bulbasaur and a Nidoran (F).

----------------------------------------

It was early evening when they broke out of the jungle and onto a beach. "Hey Ryan, don't you think it's time that you at least catch one pokémon?" Jeremy asked.

Ryan just walked to the water's edge and stared out onto the horizon where water met sky. "I just really don't see any pokémon that I am interested in." Just as he finished his sentence, he heard a whimpering sound coming from half a mile away. He also heard a voice talking and swearing at it. Ryan followed the voice while Jeremy and Karen waded into the water. The sounds led him to a nearby cave. He stood outside the entrance as the person yelled at it.

"Your worthless," he continued. "I should have never picked you as my pokémon. You screw up orders, you make me look like a fool, and youryour too cute! You can't even help me steal a few pokémon! I'm a laughing stalk at Team Rocket Headquarters! Me, Treft, the fool!" Ryan could then hear a kicking sound.

"Stealing? Kicking!" Ryan was outraged by how this trainer was abusing his pokémon. He stepped in front of the entrance. "Hey, stop treating your pokémon like that!"

Treft turned around and glowered at Ryan. "Hey, stay out of MY business!"

"Not if you keep treating it like that," Ryan said pointing toward the wheezing snake-like animal. He lunged at him.

Treft produced a knife from his back pocket and waved it in front of him. Ryan just luckily fell short of the deadly tool and stayed on the ground. Treft began to laugh. "Not so tough now, aren't you? Maybe now you'll learn to stay out of people's way!" He kept on laughing while he hurled the knife at Ryan. Ryan closed his eyes and waited for the pain, only to realize that there would be none as the knife flew to the ground in a purple energy. "Huh? What happened?" Ryan's Abra appeared between the two boys.

"Am I too late, Ryan?" Abra asked.

"No, but I think it is best that you stay out of the way," Ryan replied as he scrambled to his legs as he punched the Treft, sending him into the rock wall. They both got in a brawling fight as Abra sent a psychic call to Karen and Jeremy for help. When they both got there, followed by the other pokémon, they immediately separated the two from beating each other to a bloody pulp.

"What's going on here," Karen asked, trying to restrain Ryan from escaping.

"Let go of me," growled Treft. He bit Jeremy's hand, causing him to let go. He ran out of the cave, only pausing to give Ryan a punch in the stomach, before reaching the cave entrance. Treft gave one last look at everyone in the cave before he spotted Jeremy. "Jeremy!"

"What the hellTreft!" Jeremy jumped behind a rock. Treft just stood there until Charmander started to fling embers of fire at him before he left.

"What were you doing, Ryan?" Karen asked, peering at Jeremy strangely.

Ryan stood up, recovering from the blows he had taken for what creature was being abused. "Some Team Rocket member named Treft was abusing some pokémon over there," he explained as he made his way toward the back end of the cave.

Ryan picked up the long, slippery snake-like pokémon. "Dratini," it said.

The Pokéwatch scanned the Dratini. "Dratini: A Dragon Pokémon: Long considered a mythical Pokémon until recently when a small colony was found living underwater." It shut off with a beep.

The Dratini was bleeding badly from Treft's attacks. It was quivering with fear as Ryan touched it. For some reason, its skin was dry and grainy. "Drat drat dra dratini tini ni." Dratini chanted.

"Dratini says that it needs water, quick," translated Abra. Karen ran out of the cave to fetch some water while Jeremy checked Dratini for any vital injuries. Dratini just whimpered more as Karen returned with a bucket of water. They all poured it over Dratini, who seemed very grateful for it.

"You need help," explained Ryan as he placed out a pokéball for Dratini to enter. He entered the pokéball without any hesitation.

----------------------------------------

It was nearly night when everyone met up at Bill's lighthouse again. All their new pokémon were healed during dinner while Bill checked out the Dratini. He came in with a big smile on his face holding Dratini.

"It seems Dratini should be back to full health in a few days, so it needs a lot of rest. So I guess you're its new trainer, Ryan. But I still don't get how Team Rocket has penetrated my garden." He shook his head, confused as he recalled Dratini into the pokéball and gave it to Ryan.

"Don't worry about it," said Ttocs. "After what Ryan did, I'm sure they won't be coming back to your garden." Ttocs snapped his fingers. "Oh yeah. Ryan, about that Articuno egg." Ryan took it out of his backpack safe and sound. "Bill says that as long as you keep it soaked most of the time, it will hatch soon."

Ryan looked at the egg. "Gee, that's great news."

It was time for Karen to say something. "Jeremy, I noticed that when that guy Treft looked at you, you started to freak out. Why?"

Jeremy looked uncomfortable at the question. "UmI think I need to get some fresh air." He replied as he sped to the front door.

"I think we all need some fresh air. Thanks for letting us in your garden, Bill" Everyone got up.

"No problem. Come back anytime," he said as the group went out the door.

----------------------------------------

They walked for a mile in silence in the dark before talking. "So, where to now?" asked Ryan.

"Vermillion City," Karen said quickly before anyone else said something. So they started down the route to Vermillion, at least a few miles before setting up camp. As they were walking talking about their day, Karen couldn't help but wonder what Jeremy was hiding from. "Why did he join us, and why did he try to hide from Treft, and why did they know each other?"