Chapter 15
"15 minutes" Nurse Joy politely nodded. "Oh you wouldn't happen to be a girl from Pallet named Samantha would you?"
"Why yes I am. Why do you ask Nurse Joy?"
"Well, my Blissey informs me that you have a Vid-Phone call on line one. You can take it over in that booth Samantha."
"Thank you Nurse Joy" Samantha smiled.
Samantha walked up to the vid-phone eagerly. Oh…how she hoped it was AJ! Their brief encounter left her heart soaring. She wanted to tell him so badly how her little Cubone just creamed Lt. Surge.
"Why hello Samantha…long time no see…"
"Hello Professor Oak! What do I owe the honor?"
"Just checking to see how you and Bobby are coming along."
"Bulbasaur!" Bobby chimed in having just completed his treatment.
"Heh heh…Hello there Bobby! Taking good care of Samantha I hope!"
"Bulba…saur, bulba!"
"So Samantha, have you added anymore Pokémon to your collection thus far?" Oak inquired.
"Well I caught Julie first…she's my Pikachu!"
"Well now that's high-voltage fun!" Oak mused
"Then Lianne…she's my Wigglytuff! Then Cubone just recently came into my life."
"That's just swell. It sounds like you're on your way to having a well rounded team."
"Yeah and look! It's the Thunderbadge!"
"Wow! You already earned that? My grandson Gary took much longer than that to win it! Congratulations!" Oak took a sip of tea, then looked back up at the video camera. "Was there something you wanted to ask me before you go?"
"As a matter of fact…I need to know something about Bobby's attacks…"
"Ah yes…did he learn SOLARBEAM? Perhaps SYNTHESIS…I'll bet he did at such an early level, since he's so rare!"
"Well…not exactly…"
"Oh well then, what?"
"…Water Gun…"
"WATER GUN?! Well now that is unusual, Samantha! I have no idea how a Grass-type could learn a Water-type's attack…But I do know someone who could probably explain that to you…"
"Really? Who? I really want to know as much about Bobby as I can…"
"His name is Professor Maple. Perhaps if you were to visit your grandfather in Johto, he could give you directions to Maple's residence. He's famous for his research in the field of Pokemon's attacks! Why I hear tell, that he's even discovered some new ones!"
"Sure! I hafta go to Azalea Town anyway! I need to see Grandpa."
"Oh? Do you have a question about Poke Balls?"
"No—I just found a friend who needs to have his Poke Ball looked at—it's a strange story."
"Well it will do you good to learn about all different kinds of Poke Balls anyway. Oh! I'm terribly sorry! Ash's Muk is mucking up my test tubes…bye now!"
Samantha laughed to herself as the video screen abruptly read "DISCONNECTED"
"All ready Samantha!" Nurse Joy called out.
"Growlithe!" Blaze barked.
"Ok Blaze…let's go find my friend and that trainer of yours. Oh goodness! It's been 30 minutes already! I just hope they haven't gotten really close!" Samantha laughed.
She picked up Blaze, and exited the Pokémon Center with Bobby close behind. Maybe leaving Kat and Tony alone wasn't such a good idea. She probably felt that way, because she secretly wished it were herself and AJ on that dock alone…A big grin crept onto her face after thinking these thoughts…
The walk through the city of Vermillion was a long ways to Vermillion Harbor. It took Samantha 15 minutes to walk there from where she had left Kat and Tony. By the time she got there, in had be precisely one hour!
She looked around to find Tony and Kat absent. She was in the exact spot where they had battled. They were nowhere to be found.
"Blaze you're a doggy…why don't you go sniff out that master of yours?" Samantha patted Tony's Growlithe on the head.
"Growl!" Blaze barked happy to help. Blaze put his nose to the earth and began to sniff. He quickly picked up his master's scent. He put his nose into the air and his ears began to twitch. "Growlithe!" he barked up to Samantha. He ran off in a direction, and Samantha and Bobby followed close behind him.
Blaze stopped about 100 yards from where Kat and Tony currently sat. Samantha looked over, and softly said "Awwww…"
Tony and Kat were both seated at the edge of the dock, with their bare feet dangling off the side. Tony had his arm around Kat, with his hand on her shoulder. Kat rested her head gently on Tony's broad shoulder. They both said nothing as they stared off into the beautiful Vermillion Sunset…
"Well that was fast…" Samantha whispered, "They really hit it off, huh Blaze?"
"Growlithe!"
Samantha put one hand on Blaze's head, and one on Bobby's.
"Hey you two! We're going to Lavender Town you lovebirds! Coming or not?" Samantha screamed out with a huge grin on her face.
"Growlithe! Growl!" Blaze joined in the teasing.
Tony almost had a heart attack! He straightened up, as did Kat. Tony's face was bright red—as was Kat's!
"Y-You're not gonna tell my sister are you Sam?" Kat asked in a little voice.
"Only if you don't repeat that whole AJ story I told you to my father" Samantha winked.
"Deal!" Kat grinned.
Tony didn't know how to say anything…he knew that it was time to say good-bye to Kat. Samantha and Kat had their own Pokémon journey to partake upon.
"So Tone-Man, are you coming with us or what? That is if you want to…maybe my father can take a look at Blaze's Pokémon in Saffron…" Samantha said with a hinting voice.
"You mean…I can come with you girls? Honestly?!"
Samantha looked over at Kat who was absolutely beaming. Samantha sighed knowing having Tony around would mean less time for that girl to girl talk Samantha had come to enjoy from Kat. Still, Kat and Tony had this "thing" for one another. That was no reason to ruin a relationship. What would she have to tell the Copycat's parents when they reach Saffron? Who knows? She'd just have to cross that bridge when she comes to it…
"Okay Tony…you can come. Just no 'hanky panky' got it?" Samantha giggled.
"O-Okay! No sweat Sam! Hey Blaze! Hear that? We're off on a Pokémon journey!" Tony said happily.
"Growlithe?"
The trio walked along Route 11, which connected Vermillion Harbor, with Lavender Town. Kat patted Tony on the shoulder and walked up ahead to Samantha's side.
"Listen Sammie, I just wanted to thank you…"
"Aw Kat, you know what I think? The way I see it is, us two girls are becoming ladies quickly. I think we deserve to have love as a bonus on this Pokémon quest…" Samantha finessed her hair back and looked at Kat, "So…did you kiss him?"
"SAM!"
Kat smacked Samantha on the arm, as they laughed their way towards spooky Lavender Town…
