"…So that's why I'm here now," Kevin finally finished. "Although if it
weren't for that 'War Machine' I had on me, I would've been here before
Ash, Misty, and you, Tracy."
They were now all sitting around in Prof. Oak's lab, in his lounge. Oak and Tracy were sitting on a sofa, Cevan was sitting in a corner, glad to be back with Kevin, but was too busy eating its food Kevin gave to him. Since Kevin no longer needed a disguise here, he was sitting in a sofa on the opposite end of the room of Prof. Oak and Tracy, his wings outstretched out to the sides. The remaining part of the War Machine was in Prof. Oak's research room. Since now it no longer had a helmet, there was no way for it to be a threat of controlling someone else.
"I can't believe that you were forced to work for Team Rocket those last two weeks!" Tracy stared in bewilderment. "All because of that suit?"
"Yes. If I even tried to rebel against orders, my human mind would be blasted with Psychic. The helmet was also 'hybrid'-sensitive, and so it blasted me if I even touched it. Soon, Giovanni could give my Scyther- counterpart commands and I couldn't even move myself because the Hypnosis control effect was coming into my mind. Which is why I had to bust my beltbox so he couldn't get to my Pokémon." Kevin pointed to his beltbox, now fixed and working properly. "Which reminds me, Professor Oak… I need to put one of my Pokémon from my belt to my house, so I'll have to use your computer."
"You may, Kevin," Professor confirmed. "But you say you have to go to Johto? There's lots of new Pokémon there, and you may need a new Pokédex to hold all that information."
"Actually, I will just use this one, simply because it's programmed to send Pokémon to my home as I capture them. Also, it holds my human identity. Just transfer any new Pokémon data that I need onto this one," Kevin said as he held out his Pokédex. "Show me the new one, though. I want to see its design."
"I don't know if your Pokédex can hold that much, but I'll try, Kevin," Prof. Oak said, taking the Pokédex. "Once it's finished holding as much as it can, you can come into the research room to study the Pokémon before you leave. I know that's what you did before you became the champion of Kanto."
"Kanto?" Kevin asked. "Wait, never mind that… I have got to remember that Kanto is my home continent. They never had a name for it before when I was champion."
"Yes, I know…" Professor Oak said.
"While Professor Oak is doing that, I can show you one of my Pokémon that is probably recognized in Johto," Tracy said quickly as Oak left the room.
"What Pokémon is that?" Kevin asked, curious of what this Pokémon might be.
"Come on out, Marill!" Tracy said as he opened the Pokéball in his hand. A round, blue mouse Pokémon with large ears and a ball attached to its tail came out with a flash.
"Marill!" it shouted.
"Whoa!" Kevin said, surprised. "This is what I'll be seeing in Johto?"
"As well as other things," Tracy explained. "This is just one of possibly a hundred more!"
"Did you just say a hundred more?!?" Kevin stared at Tracy. Cevan was doing the same in unison.
A hundred more Pokémon? Yikes, Duo-Cevan commented. Kevin now referred to his alternate mind as Duo-Cevan. That way he wouldn't confuse himself with which "Cevan" he was talking to. Do you think you can handle raising that much more, Kevin?
"Amazing, Kevin!" Prof. Oak suddenly appeared back in the room. "Your Pokédex has much more memory than others do, even the new ones! Did I give you this much intentionally?"
"Actually, no, I added it myself, Professor Oak," Kevin answered. "I thought I needed a lot more than was required for voice commands, which it didn't, so I had that much more space than usual. My Pokédex is actually geared to help me study any Pokémon, and find it at any location save for a few."
"Such as?" Professor Oak asked.
"Well, Aerodactyl for one," Kevin mentioned. He didn't think he could ever find the one he ran into again. Not that he wanted to, since it had planned on having Kevin for a midnight snack.
"True, but either way, here's your Pokédex back," Professor Oak said, handing back the device.
"Hey Tracy, what's that you just sketched?" Kevin said, suddenly looking over Tracy's shoulder.
"Uhh… You probably shouldn't look at it," Tracy began, but too late. Kevin had already seen it. It was a sketch of Kevin in the War Machine.
"What thoughts inhabited your mind to draw this blazing picture?" Kevin suddenly exploded. He pulled the Sketchbook out of Tracy's hand and was about to pull the drawing out and trash it when he stopped. "Hmmm… Tracy, you have talent, you know that?"
"Thank you, Kevin!" Tracy beamed with pride.
"Keep that sketch, Tracy. Professor Oak, do you have the number to Indigo Plateau?" Kevin asked.
"You mean the one that's changed over nine years ago?"
"Never mind, then," Kevin grumbled. :Well,: he thought, :there goes that plan. Guess I'll have to wait another time to turn in Giovanni.: Having nothing more to say, he and Cevan went into the research lab. Switching all of his Pokémon save for Cevan with the computer to retrieve his "Champion- winning" party, Kevin began his long, tedious research.
Though Professor Oak and Tracy all wanted to do their share of "research" from Kevin in his hybrid state, they all did it around Kevin's studying. That is, Kevin continued his studying while Tracy measured wing length and Professor Oak determined his flying strength.
Kevin's studies slightly halted when he came across one entry. "What the… Pichu?" he stared at his screen before turning to the Professor. "Professor Oak? I don't understand this one… How can Pikachu be the lowest evolution form, but this be marked as the lowest in its line?"
"Pikachu is no longer the lowest evolution form. Even take a look at its data yourself." Professor Oak didn't even turn from his work. He was trying to understand what the remaining suit was made out of.
Kevin quickly checked out Pikachu's data. "By Tangela's vines, you're right! How many more are there that have been changed to become part of an evolution?"
"You can find that out for yourself, Kevin."
"I haven't gotten that far, Professor Oak, and you know that I leave tomorrow. Not only do I need to catch up with Warles, find that Psychic, and gain enough badges in time to get into Indigo Plateau again, but I want to catch up with Ash, as well."
"You mean you are actually saying that you care for someone else other than your Pokémon?" Professor Oak asked with curiosity.
"Well, now I do, considering the fact that Ash cared for me even though I was a complete stranger to him. I was in disguise before, remember?"
"I only wish you could stay longer, Kevin. You could use the extra studying and I could use the extra sketches," Tracy said with a sigh. "There's just so much I want to do while you're here and I can't do it in one day."
"Don't worry, Tracy. Someday, I'll come back here to do more research. By then, though, I hope to settle down and live as any other champion would when they've retired."
"You're thinking of retiring?" Tracy asked in shock.
"No, I didn't say that, I'm just saying that when I do come back here, my days of adventuring will be over," Kevin said calmly.
Everyone finished up that night and headed for their respected beds. Kevin slept in the lounge, in a position much like a Scyther would, with his Pack at his side, his beltbox on his waist, and Diamond Blade slung behind his back. He knew that his travel to Johto wouldn't be easy, but he was determined to accomplish what he had planned.
The next day, early in the morning, Kevin pulled on his pack, and checked one last Pokémon entry a second time in the morning on his Pokédex before putting it in the pack as well. Professor Oak had told him to meet someone in a place called New Bark Town, another professor by the name of Elm. To get Kevin accustomed to his arrival and the new Pokémon, Oak had called Elm earlier and Elm agreed to give Kevin a new Pokémon of Johto once he arrived. Like Professor Oak, Elm gave three choices.
"I know which to select," Kevin declared. "And I will select it once I have arrived. Look out, world, the Lost Trainer is back!" With that, Kevin went out the front door of the Lab, past the gate, and headed towards the West. Inexperienced as he was of Johto, he, Duo-Cevan, and Cevan were a powerful team, and would overcome who they came across.
Tracy watched outside of the front door as Kevin dashed off toward his destination. "Good Luck, Kevin, on your mission," he said silently to himself as Kevin disappeared out of his view.
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To Be Continued…
Keep an eye out for the next fanfic: "The Lost Trainer Kevin: Mission of Johto"
They were now all sitting around in Prof. Oak's lab, in his lounge. Oak and Tracy were sitting on a sofa, Cevan was sitting in a corner, glad to be back with Kevin, but was too busy eating its food Kevin gave to him. Since Kevin no longer needed a disguise here, he was sitting in a sofa on the opposite end of the room of Prof. Oak and Tracy, his wings outstretched out to the sides. The remaining part of the War Machine was in Prof. Oak's research room. Since now it no longer had a helmet, there was no way for it to be a threat of controlling someone else.
"I can't believe that you were forced to work for Team Rocket those last two weeks!" Tracy stared in bewilderment. "All because of that suit?"
"Yes. If I even tried to rebel against orders, my human mind would be blasted with Psychic. The helmet was also 'hybrid'-sensitive, and so it blasted me if I even touched it. Soon, Giovanni could give my Scyther- counterpart commands and I couldn't even move myself because the Hypnosis control effect was coming into my mind. Which is why I had to bust my beltbox so he couldn't get to my Pokémon." Kevin pointed to his beltbox, now fixed and working properly. "Which reminds me, Professor Oak… I need to put one of my Pokémon from my belt to my house, so I'll have to use your computer."
"You may, Kevin," Professor confirmed. "But you say you have to go to Johto? There's lots of new Pokémon there, and you may need a new Pokédex to hold all that information."
"Actually, I will just use this one, simply because it's programmed to send Pokémon to my home as I capture them. Also, it holds my human identity. Just transfer any new Pokémon data that I need onto this one," Kevin said as he held out his Pokédex. "Show me the new one, though. I want to see its design."
"I don't know if your Pokédex can hold that much, but I'll try, Kevin," Prof. Oak said, taking the Pokédex. "Once it's finished holding as much as it can, you can come into the research room to study the Pokémon before you leave. I know that's what you did before you became the champion of Kanto."
"Kanto?" Kevin asked. "Wait, never mind that… I have got to remember that Kanto is my home continent. They never had a name for it before when I was champion."
"Yes, I know…" Professor Oak said.
"While Professor Oak is doing that, I can show you one of my Pokémon that is probably recognized in Johto," Tracy said quickly as Oak left the room.
"What Pokémon is that?" Kevin asked, curious of what this Pokémon might be.
"Come on out, Marill!" Tracy said as he opened the Pokéball in his hand. A round, blue mouse Pokémon with large ears and a ball attached to its tail came out with a flash.
"Marill!" it shouted.
"Whoa!" Kevin said, surprised. "This is what I'll be seeing in Johto?"
"As well as other things," Tracy explained. "This is just one of possibly a hundred more!"
"Did you just say a hundred more?!?" Kevin stared at Tracy. Cevan was doing the same in unison.
A hundred more Pokémon? Yikes, Duo-Cevan commented. Kevin now referred to his alternate mind as Duo-Cevan. That way he wouldn't confuse himself with which "Cevan" he was talking to. Do you think you can handle raising that much more, Kevin?
"Amazing, Kevin!" Prof. Oak suddenly appeared back in the room. "Your Pokédex has much more memory than others do, even the new ones! Did I give you this much intentionally?"
"Actually, no, I added it myself, Professor Oak," Kevin answered. "I thought I needed a lot more than was required for voice commands, which it didn't, so I had that much more space than usual. My Pokédex is actually geared to help me study any Pokémon, and find it at any location save for a few."
"Such as?" Professor Oak asked.
"Well, Aerodactyl for one," Kevin mentioned. He didn't think he could ever find the one he ran into again. Not that he wanted to, since it had planned on having Kevin for a midnight snack.
"True, but either way, here's your Pokédex back," Professor Oak said, handing back the device.
"Hey Tracy, what's that you just sketched?" Kevin said, suddenly looking over Tracy's shoulder.
"Uhh… You probably shouldn't look at it," Tracy began, but too late. Kevin had already seen it. It was a sketch of Kevin in the War Machine.
"What thoughts inhabited your mind to draw this blazing picture?" Kevin suddenly exploded. He pulled the Sketchbook out of Tracy's hand and was about to pull the drawing out and trash it when he stopped. "Hmmm… Tracy, you have talent, you know that?"
"Thank you, Kevin!" Tracy beamed with pride.
"Keep that sketch, Tracy. Professor Oak, do you have the number to Indigo Plateau?" Kevin asked.
"You mean the one that's changed over nine years ago?"
"Never mind, then," Kevin grumbled. :Well,: he thought, :there goes that plan. Guess I'll have to wait another time to turn in Giovanni.: Having nothing more to say, he and Cevan went into the research lab. Switching all of his Pokémon save for Cevan with the computer to retrieve his "Champion- winning" party, Kevin began his long, tedious research.
Though Professor Oak and Tracy all wanted to do their share of "research" from Kevin in his hybrid state, they all did it around Kevin's studying. That is, Kevin continued his studying while Tracy measured wing length and Professor Oak determined his flying strength.
Kevin's studies slightly halted when he came across one entry. "What the… Pichu?" he stared at his screen before turning to the Professor. "Professor Oak? I don't understand this one… How can Pikachu be the lowest evolution form, but this be marked as the lowest in its line?"
"Pikachu is no longer the lowest evolution form. Even take a look at its data yourself." Professor Oak didn't even turn from his work. He was trying to understand what the remaining suit was made out of.
Kevin quickly checked out Pikachu's data. "By Tangela's vines, you're right! How many more are there that have been changed to become part of an evolution?"
"You can find that out for yourself, Kevin."
"I haven't gotten that far, Professor Oak, and you know that I leave tomorrow. Not only do I need to catch up with Warles, find that Psychic, and gain enough badges in time to get into Indigo Plateau again, but I want to catch up with Ash, as well."
"You mean you are actually saying that you care for someone else other than your Pokémon?" Professor Oak asked with curiosity.
"Well, now I do, considering the fact that Ash cared for me even though I was a complete stranger to him. I was in disguise before, remember?"
"I only wish you could stay longer, Kevin. You could use the extra studying and I could use the extra sketches," Tracy said with a sigh. "There's just so much I want to do while you're here and I can't do it in one day."
"Don't worry, Tracy. Someday, I'll come back here to do more research. By then, though, I hope to settle down and live as any other champion would when they've retired."
"You're thinking of retiring?" Tracy asked in shock.
"No, I didn't say that, I'm just saying that when I do come back here, my days of adventuring will be over," Kevin said calmly.
Everyone finished up that night and headed for their respected beds. Kevin slept in the lounge, in a position much like a Scyther would, with his Pack at his side, his beltbox on his waist, and Diamond Blade slung behind his back. He knew that his travel to Johto wouldn't be easy, but he was determined to accomplish what he had planned.
The next day, early in the morning, Kevin pulled on his pack, and checked one last Pokémon entry a second time in the morning on his Pokédex before putting it in the pack as well. Professor Oak had told him to meet someone in a place called New Bark Town, another professor by the name of Elm. To get Kevin accustomed to his arrival and the new Pokémon, Oak had called Elm earlier and Elm agreed to give Kevin a new Pokémon of Johto once he arrived. Like Professor Oak, Elm gave three choices.
"I know which to select," Kevin declared. "And I will select it once I have arrived. Look out, world, the Lost Trainer is back!" With that, Kevin went out the front door of the Lab, past the gate, and headed towards the West. Inexperienced as he was of Johto, he, Duo-Cevan, and Cevan were a powerful team, and would overcome who they came across.
Tracy watched outside of the front door as Kevin dashed off toward his destination. "Good Luck, Kevin, on your mission," he said silently to himself as Kevin disappeared out of his view.
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To Be Continued…
Keep an eye out for the next fanfic: "The Lost Trainer Kevin: Mission of Johto"
