Chapter 9: A Little Help Goes a Long Way
I couldn't remember exactly how to get home, but Matt seemed to know where he was going. He suddenly stopped in front of an ordinary-looking apartment building.
"Why are we stopping?" I asked, as we trodded up the steps and he pushed a few buttons on the intercom. It buzzed and I heard a dial tone.
"We're getting help," he replied as a girl's voice answered, "Hello?"
"Hey, Emma! This is Matt!" he spoke into the intercom's callbox.
"Hi!" she said, "What brings you to Viridian?"
"Trouble! PikaPals is on fire, and we need your help!"
"Gracious! I'll be right down!" she said and then hung up.
A window opened above us and a Pidgeot flew out and hovered just below it. A red-haired girl with blue-jean overalls with a yellow star stitched on the front jumped onto it and they flew down to us, "Hop on, Pete here is fast as greased lightnin'!" she reached out a hand and helped us on.
Matt held onto her as we launched into the air. The buildings rushed past us as we climbed higher into the sky. Pete let out a long screech as he dove through the low clouds that dotted the night sky.
We soon flew past the entire park and I could see the billowing smoke cloud that was rising into the air. Pete was about to dive down when we heard a roar to our left. We looked and saw an aggravated Charizard careening towards us.
"Look out! I cried, as Emma released a pokémon.
"Vaporeon!" it stood on Pete's head and acted like a water cannon, shooting a powerful Hydro Pump at the Charizard.
The Charizard was hit head on and roared in disgust. It spewed a ball of fire at us and flew away. We dodged the flames barely, it burned a few of Pete's feathers.
"Okay, Petey-boy, let's come on in for a landin'!"
Pete went into a swift dive, and the ground came rushing up to meet us. He stopped just a few meters before we hit and stopped in the yard next to PikaPals. We hopped off Pete's back and were surprised to find something spectacular going on.
Emma recalled Pete and sent out 4 other pokémon, all water, and all ready to fight some fire. They ran forward and joined over 30 trainers who were furiously fighting the flames with their pokémon.
We ran towards PikaPals and hopped over the white fence. Kim was in the middle of the yard ordering kids about. Hunter, still riding on Doduo with Ivy came up to us, "Isn't this awesome! All the kids and trainers in the neighborhood have shown up to help - And the fire department is on the way!"
A long, whining siren pierced the air, and I covered my ears. Kim began to clear everyone out of the area as a lemon-yellow fire truck parked on the street. Firefighters jumped out and began to hook up the hoses as a team of two Blastoises took their positions on either side of the building. They blasted tons of water out of their cannons and began to fight the flames.
We went and stood in the street, both in awe and in sadness, "He did quite a bit of damage," Kim said approaching us, "But if it weren't for everyone, we wouldn't have a center. Because of everyone's help, the center will be okay, after a bit of reconstruction. Also, a bunch of courageous fire pokémon rescued every single pokémon from the center, so all we have to do is rebuild. And rebuild we will-"
An officer Jenny interrupted us, "Excuse me, but are you the head of this center?"
"Yes," Kim answered, "and I would like to report a crime!"
She whipped out a notepad, ready to take down all the details.
"This was an act of arson, Officer Jenny! Giovanni started the fire!"
Officer Jenny shot Kim a look, "You expect me to believe that Virdian City's wealthiest businessman - and might I add, patron to the Police Department - was the perpatrator of this henious crime? I'm sorry, but I'll have to see some hard proof!"
"But he kidnapped Matt," Hunter explained, a little too excited, "And then he-"
"Enough!" Officer Jenny cut him off, and took a deep breath, "I know you kids are upset about the fire, but you can't go around blaming innocent people. I'm sure it was just a case of faulty wiring," and she walked away, scribbling some notes on her pad.
"Faulty wiring, my foot!" Hunter stomped the ground with his hurt foot, "OW!"
"Don't get upset," Matt tried to calm him down, "She's right, without some concrete proof, Giovanni will get away with it."
"Well catch him next time, and he'll go on trial," Kim looked into the starry sky.
"Next time?" I asked.
"I don't think we've seen the last of him, Pika," Matt admitted.
"But now we're ready for him," Hunter said.
"I'm ready too," I added, "Now that I've got my trainer," I hugged his head.
"Glad to have you back, Matt," Kim gave him a hug too. Then Hunter and Ivy joined in.
"Glad to be back," he said.
"PIKAPALS FOREVER!" I shouted and everyone cheered with me, "PIKAPALS FOREVER!"as the last traces of fire were reduced to smoldering ashes.
END of Chapter 9
THE END ...?
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Epilogue: (a/n: I noticed a lot of writers don't include these.... ^o^)
Pika and his friends saved at least most of the PikaPals Center, but what will happen now? Will they be able to raise some money and rebuild? Will Giovanni really get away with all this? Will he show his face again? And what about Scrub? How's he going to take getting the pink-slip? (Not lightly I imagine...) Amber City, the city of golden dreams, still has many adventures left to tell... the question is, will I be the writer to tell them to you? Only time will tell....
Thanks for reading and I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did writing it. :) - Falconess /^
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DEDICATION: This tale is dedicated to my 6th and 7th Grade English teachers, Mrs. Wyland and Mrs. Mears - who taught me the beauty and magic of the written story.
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I couldn't remember exactly how to get home, but Matt seemed to know where he was going. He suddenly stopped in front of an ordinary-looking apartment building.
"Why are we stopping?" I asked, as we trodded up the steps and he pushed a few buttons on the intercom. It buzzed and I heard a dial tone.
"We're getting help," he replied as a girl's voice answered, "Hello?"
"Hey, Emma! This is Matt!" he spoke into the intercom's callbox.
"Hi!" she said, "What brings you to Viridian?"
"Trouble! PikaPals is on fire, and we need your help!"
"Gracious! I'll be right down!" she said and then hung up.
A window opened above us and a Pidgeot flew out and hovered just below it. A red-haired girl with blue-jean overalls with a yellow star stitched on the front jumped onto it and they flew down to us, "Hop on, Pete here is fast as greased lightnin'!" she reached out a hand and helped us on.
Matt held onto her as we launched into the air. The buildings rushed past us as we climbed higher into the sky. Pete let out a long screech as he dove through the low clouds that dotted the night sky.
We soon flew past the entire park and I could see the billowing smoke cloud that was rising into the air. Pete was about to dive down when we heard a roar to our left. We looked and saw an aggravated Charizard careening towards us.
"Look out! I cried, as Emma released a pokémon.
"Vaporeon!" it stood on Pete's head and acted like a water cannon, shooting a powerful Hydro Pump at the Charizard.
The Charizard was hit head on and roared in disgust. It spewed a ball of fire at us and flew away. We dodged the flames barely, it burned a few of Pete's feathers.
"Okay, Petey-boy, let's come on in for a landin'!"
Pete went into a swift dive, and the ground came rushing up to meet us. He stopped just a few meters before we hit and stopped in the yard next to PikaPals. We hopped off Pete's back and were surprised to find something spectacular going on.
Emma recalled Pete and sent out 4 other pokémon, all water, and all ready to fight some fire. They ran forward and joined over 30 trainers who were furiously fighting the flames with their pokémon.
We ran towards PikaPals and hopped over the white fence. Kim was in the middle of the yard ordering kids about. Hunter, still riding on Doduo with Ivy came up to us, "Isn't this awesome! All the kids and trainers in the neighborhood have shown up to help - And the fire department is on the way!"
A long, whining siren pierced the air, and I covered my ears. Kim began to clear everyone out of the area as a lemon-yellow fire truck parked on the street. Firefighters jumped out and began to hook up the hoses as a team of two Blastoises took their positions on either side of the building. They blasted tons of water out of their cannons and began to fight the flames.
We went and stood in the street, both in awe and in sadness, "He did quite a bit of damage," Kim said approaching us, "But if it weren't for everyone, we wouldn't have a center. Because of everyone's help, the center will be okay, after a bit of reconstruction. Also, a bunch of courageous fire pokémon rescued every single pokémon from the center, so all we have to do is rebuild. And rebuild we will-"
An officer Jenny interrupted us, "Excuse me, but are you the head of this center?"
"Yes," Kim answered, "and I would like to report a crime!"
She whipped out a notepad, ready to take down all the details.
"This was an act of arson, Officer Jenny! Giovanni started the fire!"
Officer Jenny shot Kim a look, "You expect me to believe that Virdian City's wealthiest businessman - and might I add, patron to the Police Department - was the perpatrator of this henious crime? I'm sorry, but I'll have to see some hard proof!"
"But he kidnapped Matt," Hunter explained, a little too excited, "And then he-"
"Enough!" Officer Jenny cut him off, and took a deep breath, "I know you kids are upset about the fire, but you can't go around blaming innocent people. I'm sure it was just a case of faulty wiring," and she walked away, scribbling some notes on her pad.
"Faulty wiring, my foot!" Hunter stomped the ground with his hurt foot, "OW!"
"Don't get upset," Matt tried to calm him down, "She's right, without some concrete proof, Giovanni will get away with it."
"Well catch him next time, and he'll go on trial," Kim looked into the starry sky.
"Next time?" I asked.
"I don't think we've seen the last of him, Pika," Matt admitted.
"But now we're ready for him," Hunter said.
"I'm ready too," I added, "Now that I've got my trainer," I hugged his head.
"Glad to have you back, Matt," Kim gave him a hug too. Then Hunter and Ivy joined in.
"Glad to be back," he said.
"PIKAPALS FOREVER!" I shouted and everyone cheered with me, "PIKAPALS FOREVER!"as the last traces of fire were reduced to smoldering ashes.
END of Chapter 9
THE END ...?
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Epilogue: (a/n: I noticed a lot of writers don't include these.... ^o^)
Pika and his friends saved at least most of the PikaPals Center, but what will happen now? Will they be able to raise some money and rebuild? Will Giovanni really get away with all this? Will he show his face again? And what about Scrub? How's he going to take getting the pink-slip? (Not lightly I imagine...) Amber City, the city of golden dreams, still has many adventures left to tell... the question is, will I be the writer to tell them to you? Only time will tell....
Thanks for reading and I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I did writing it. :) - Falconess /^
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DEDICATION: This tale is dedicated to my 6th and 7th Grade English teachers, Mrs. Wyland and Mrs. Mears - who taught me the beauty and magic of the written story.
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