The young girl struggled as she attempted to lift her whole
body up onto the ledge by the window, using only her arms. She must be careful
not to be seen – she could be in very deep trouble. Her eyes searched the room,
and finally she caught sight of a strange looking machine. She quickly gasped
and ducked as she noticed a person standing by it, dressed in a white lab coat.
A scientist! She slowly poked her head back up through the window, as she
noticed he was facing the opposite direction, and was busy in what he was
doing. She noticed something lying down by the machine, and struggled to see
what it was. But just then, another scientist walked in and blocked her view of
it. She could hear voices, and smiled when she noticed that another window;
this one closer to them, was open a crack.
"When this man wakes up-" one of the man began saying.
"He will have extreme powers." The other grinned. "But are you sure this will work?
This girl noticed a human strapped to a chair, and something else strapped on top of it. Was that… a Pokémon?
"I'm positive this will work! I've been experimenting with this formula for years - and with the help of this machine, there's no doubt it'll work."
"Alright then, are we ready? We must do this quick, I think Raichu may be about to wake up…"
"So it's a Raichu" The girl whispered to herself.
"Yes, begin the procedure!" The second scientist slowly pressed a red button on the machine. A strange cover dropped down over top of the man and the Raichu, and it began to flash multicolored for a few seconds. Everyone, including the girl, had to shield their eyes from the blinding light. Finally it ended.
The girl quickly opened her eyes, anxious to see what the results were. The machine lifted the cover up to reveal the man and the Pokémon still strapped to the chair! She blinked, wondering why nothing had appeared to happen.
"What did we do wrong? It must have been just a tiny error
in the –
"
"Are you OK sir?" they asked, worriedly.
"But that's… that's me! What's going on?" Tears started forming in his eyes. The scientists began to back away.
"We've… we've done something very, very wrong."
The girl hopped down from the window, trying to take everything in. Then suddenly, she lifted up a small Pokéball from her pocket, and began to grin.
***
"Great! I can't wait until we reach it! I'm starving!" Ash said, holding his stomach, which was beginning to make loud noises.
"We just had lunch an hour ago, Ash!" Misty complained. Ash
had a bottomless pit for a stomach. But then again, she could feel herself
getting a bit hungry, too.
"Pika
"What's wrong Pikachu?" Ash asked, running up to him. As soon as he took a step near Pikachu, the ground completely collapsed from under them.
"Chuuuu…" Pikachu murmured, clinging onto Ash's head.
"We're fine, it wasn't that big a fall… but who did this? Don't tell me it was Team Rocket again!" Misty sighed.
"Well who else would do something like this? Come on, you'd
better try and get out before they come!" Ash and Pikachu nodded, and then
began trying to climb out, but the sides were very steep and they couldn't
quite make it, even with Ash and Tracey helping.
Meanwhile, three familiar faces were peaking out from behind
a nearby bush.
"Shouldn't we be stealing Pikachu about now?" James turned to his red-haired partner.
"Well, they do think we dug it!" Jesse replied.
"Yeah, but we didn't!" Meowth pointed out.
"Then who did?" Jesse and James asked, in unison. Meowth shrugged.
Ash was still struggling to get out. He figured Team Rocket would appear at any minute, and he wanted to make sure Pikachu was safe, and they were out of the hole. Finally, with a little more help from Misty and Tracey, Ash began to pull himself all the way out of the pit. But before he could make it fully, he heard a voice in the distance.
"Ivysaur, Sleep Powder!" After hearing this, Ash struggled
even more to get out of the hole, but less then a second later, he felt a
strange powder touch his eyes, and he let go of the ledge of the hole, and
began drifting into a deep sleep.
"Hey! What's going on over there?" James looked at Jesse and Meowth, with a very confused look. "Why are the twerps falling asleep?" Jesse began to stand up.
"I don't care why they're falling asleep, but I do know that this is the perfect opportunity to snatch Pikachu!" She smiled, and quickly began to run over to where the twerps had fallen asleep. James and Meowth quickly agreed and followed. But suddenly, Jesse stopped in her tracks.
"Oh
"Jesse, what… is…
***
"Nice nap…" Ash murmured to himself, as he opened his eyes.
"Where am I?" He began to stand up, but tripped, and fell over. "
"Hello?
"Misty?" He jumped up onto his feet, and this time didn't
trip. But now there was something very wrong… why was he on all fours? He tried
stepping onto two legs, but tripped again. While trying to sit up, he glanced
down at his hand… it was no longer there! It has been replaced by a red, fury
paw. He gasped. There was something very, terribly wrong.
"Misty?
"Bulbasaur, I choose you!" He was about to yell, but then he remembered, he was in some weird body, and all his clothes and Pokéballs were gone. He slowly walked up to the Vaporeon.
"What's going on?" The Vaporeon replied. There was a hint of
sadness and confusion in her voice.
"I um… I was just passing by and uh, saw you here. By the
way, do you by any chance know what species of Pokemon I am?" Ash asked her.
"Are all Pokemon like this?" She murmured to herself,
"Oh right!" Ash glanced at his red paw again. Then he looked back at Vaporeon. There was something about her…
"Wait a sec…
***
OK, that's all for
Part 1.
-_-'
~Venus
