The Vampire of Lavendar Town
By Ree-chan Peekster, Dugtrio16, and Dessa
Chapter 2
"Uuughh. Mmmf." Chan groaned as he woke up. He opened his eyes groggily, sat up, and looked around. "Where am I?"
"You're back in the Pokémon Center, Chan," Nurse Joy told him. She pointed at another boy looking out the window towards the Tower. "He found you lying in tower. He had to carry you all the way back here." The boy realized he was being talked about and walked over.
"Thanks, man. I appreciate it." Chan smiled.
The boy smiled back, "No problem. What were you doing up there? What happened?"
"I don't know for sure. There was this guy on the seventh floor who put me to sleep with a Ghastly. He was really creepy," replied Chan, scratching his head. He was feeling better, and sat up in the bed.
"The seventh floor?" the boy questioned, "I found you on the top floor. How'd you get there if you were asleep?"
"You think I know?" Chan answered. "Say, what's your name? Mine's Chan."
"Ben," the boy replied, extending his hand. As Chan shook it, he continued, "You said some person put you to sleep. I didn't see anyone there. Either he wasn't there, didn't see me, or didn't want to show himself."
"Who knows," Chan mumbled. He rubbed his neck, and felt a bandage. "What's this?" he asked Nurse Joy.
"That's another odd thing," she told him, "You had what looked like two deep bug bites. They were pretty bad. I hope they don't get infected, I did everything I could to prevent it."
"Thanks. Well, I guess I'd better get going. Care to come along Ben?" asked Chan.
Ben looked up. "Sure!" he said. "I'd be glad to. My Pokémon are fun to talk to, but there's only so far you can go without understanding them."
"Ok then," Chan said, picking up his things, "Let's go."
Chan looked nervously at the tower. "I'm not sure I want to go back in there," he said. "What if that guys still in there?"
"Well, you said that you ran into him on the seventh floor, right?" Ben replied.
"Yes."
"Well, then, we avoid the seventh floor and watch out for that Gastly. It must have been big."
"I wouldn't know. I don't remember seeing it."
"Hmm... that's odd."
The two boys walked up to the tower. Ben opened the door and peered inside. It was dark and not very friendly looking. But there were a couple of lanterns near the door and no one in sight.
"All clear," Ben said handing Chan a ladder.
"Okay..." Chan said as the two went in. Chan half expected the door to slam shut behind him and Ben but it didn't.
Ben looked worriedly at Chan. He was going to have to watch him. Chan was very jumpy after what happened.
"Do you have any family in the area," he asked.
"No. My sister lives near Viridian and I have no idea where my brothers or my dad is," Chan replied uneasily.
"What about your Mom?"
"She's dead."
"Oh.. I'm sorry."
Ben remained silent for a moment as he looked at Chan, obviously worried.
"It's okay," Chan sighed, "It happened a long time ago. I don't really want to talk about it." He was about to say something positive, but realized that it wouldn't fit in the dark, dismal setting of the tower.
"All right," Ben murmured. After pausing once again, he asked Chan why he had come into the Tower in the first place.
"To catch a ghost Pokémon, same as you, right?" Chan replied.
"Actually," Ben said, "I was here to do some thinking. I know it's weird, but it's so quiet here you can get a lot of thinking done. I come here quite often, as my journeys always seem to end up back here. Besides, I'm a native of Lavender Town. I've always kind of wished we had a Gym. The tower tends to steer people away from here, so we don't get that many visitors. Especially now with what's been happening and all." Ben stopped short when he notice Chan wasn't walking next to him. He turned his lantern up, and saw him standing near the wall looking at a painting, and turning very pale.
"Chan!" Ben yelled, as he ran over. "What's wrong??"
It took Chan a few minutes to reply, and even then it was just above a whisper, "This is him."
"Who?" Ben queried.
"This is the guy with the Ghastly. This is him. What's he doing here on this painting?" Chan continued to stare at it. It was him all right. He knew it.
"The plaque says that he's 'Count Victor'," mumbled Ben, looking at the small bronze plate at the base of the frame. "Where have I heard that name before..."
Before either of them could say any more, they heard a loud thump on the floor above. Ben pulled Chan away from the painting so they could check it out...
Chan pulled away and shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Ben asked.
"I'm not going up there after what happened," Chan said.
Ben nodded understandingly, "Okay, we'll stay down here."
Chan smiled with relief. That smile quickly faded as his eyes went wide with fear at something near the ceiling behind Ben. Ben turned around in time to see a huge Gastly disappearing.
"Oh my..." Ben said.
Chan shuddered visibly. His eyes suddenly rolled back into his head.
"Chan!" Ben cried.
Chan screamed in fear and jerked violently. But he wasn't scared of Ben. Something was happening inside him.
"Chan! Snap out of it!" Ben pleaded.
Chan's body went limp suddenly. Ben checked his vital signs and sighed with relief when he found them normal. But he had to get his new friend out of there before the Gastly reappeared. Picking him up, he carried him to the door, gently laid him down and tried to open it. Locked.
"What?" Ben cried desperately.
Suddenly a Mew appeared.
Hello, I'm Chan's Mew. I sensed trouble and decided to come out and help, it said. It looked at Chan with concern and mewed softly trying to wake his master up.
"Um... pardon me, Mew, but could you open this locked door?" Ben asked. "I need to get your master to the pokémon center... now!"
Mew nodded and concentrated on the door. Its eyes glowed and after a moment the door unlocked. Ben picked up Chan again and ran outside and down towards the pokémon center as fast as he could.
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Original # of parts: 4
Chapter 2
"Uuughh. Mmmf." Chan groaned as he woke up. He opened his eyes groggily, sat up, and looked around. "Where am I?"
"You're back in the Pokémon Center, Chan," Nurse Joy told him. She pointed at another boy looking out the window towards the Tower. "He found you lying in tower. He had to carry you all the way back here." The boy realized he was being talked about and walked over.
"Thanks, man. I appreciate it." Chan smiled.
The boy smiled back, "No problem. What were you doing up there? What happened?"
"I don't know for sure. There was this guy on the seventh floor who put me to sleep with a Ghastly. He was really creepy," replied Chan, scratching his head. He was feeling better, and sat up in the bed.
"The seventh floor?" the boy questioned, "I found you on the top floor. How'd you get there if you were asleep?"
"You think I know?" Chan answered. "Say, what's your name? Mine's Chan."
"Ben," the boy replied, extending his hand. As Chan shook it, he continued, "You said some person put you to sleep. I didn't see anyone there. Either he wasn't there, didn't see me, or didn't want to show himself."
"Who knows," Chan mumbled. He rubbed his neck, and felt a bandage. "What's this?" he asked Nurse Joy.
"That's another odd thing," she told him, "You had what looked like two deep bug bites. They were pretty bad. I hope they don't get infected, I did everything I could to prevent it."
"Thanks. Well, I guess I'd better get going. Care to come along Ben?" asked Chan.
Ben looked up. "Sure!" he said. "I'd be glad to. My Pokémon are fun to talk to, but there's only so far you can go without understanding them."
"Ok then," Chan said, picking up his things, "Let's go."
Chan looked nervously at the tower. "I'm not sure I want to go back in there," he said. "What if that guys still in there?"
"Well, you said that you ran into him on the seventh floor, right?" Ben replied.
"Yes."
"Well, then, we avoid the seventh floor and watch out for that Gastly. It must have been big."
"I wouldn't know. I don't remember seeing it."
"Hmm... that's odd."
The two boys walked up to the tower. Ben opened the door and peered inside. It was dark and not very friendly looking. But there were a couple of lanterns near the door and no one in sight.
"All clear," Ben said handing Chan a ladder.
"Okay..." Chan said as the two went in. Chan half expected the door to slam shut behind him and Ben but it didn't.
Ben looked worriedly at Chan. He was going to have to watch him. Chan was very jumpy after what happened.
"Do you have any family in the area," he asked.
"No. My sister lives near Viridian and I have no idea where my brothers or my dad is," Chan replied uneasily.
"What about your Mom?"
"She's dead."
"Oh.. I'm sorry."
Ben remained silent for a moment as he looked at Chan, obviously worried.
"It's okay," Chan sighed, "It happened a long time ago. I don't really want to talk about it." He was about to say something positive, but realized that it wouldn't fit in the dark, dismal setting of the tower.
"All right," Ben murmured. After pausing once again, he asked Chan why he had come into the Tower in the first place.
"To catch a ghost Pokémon, same as you, right?" Chan replied.
"Actually," Ben said, "I was here to do some thinking. I know it's weird, but it's so quiet here you can get a lot of thinking done. I come here quite often, as my journeys always seem to end up back here. Besides, I'm a native of Lavender Town. I've always kind of wished we had a Gym. The tower tends to steer people away from here, so we don't get that many visitors. Especially now with what's been happening and all." Ben stopped short when he notice Chan wasn't walking next to him. He turned his lantern up, and saw him standing near the wall looking at a painting, and turning very pale.
"Chan!" Ben yelled, as he ran over. "What's wrong??"
It took Chan a few minutes to reply, and even then it was just above a whisper, "This is him."
"Who?" Ben queried.
"This is the guy with the Ghastly. This is him. What's he doing here on this painting?" Chan continued to stare at it. It was him all right. He knew it.
"The plaque says that he's 'Count Victor'," mumbled Ben, looking at the small bronze plate at the base of the frame. "Where have I heard that name before..."
Before either of them could say any more, they heard a loud thump on the floor above. Ben pulled Chan away from the painting so they could check it out...
Chan pulled away and shook his head.
"What's wrong?" Ben asked.
"I'm not going up there after what happened," Chan said.
Ben nodded understandingly, "Okay, we'll stay down here."
Chan smiled with relief. That smile quickly faded as his eyes went wide with fear at something near the ceiling behind Ben. Ben turned around in time to see a huge Gastly disappearing.
"Oh my..." Ben said.
Chan shuddered visibly. His eyes suddenly rolled back into his head.
"Chan!" Ben cried.
Chan screamed in fear and jerked violently. But he wasn't scared of Ben. Something was happening inside him.
"Chan! Snap out of it!" Ben pleaded.
Chan's body went limp suddenly. Ben checked his vital signs and sighed with relief when he found them normal. But he had to get his new friend out of there before the Gastly reappeared. Picking him up, he carried him to the door, gently laid him down and tried to open it. Locked.
"What?" Ben cried desperately.
Suddenly a Mew appeared.
Hello, I'm Chan's Mew. I sensed trouble and decided to come out and help, it said. It looked at Chan with concern and mewed softly trying to wake his master up.
"Um... pardon me, Mew, but could you open this locked door?" Ben asked. "I need to get your master to the pokémon center... now!"
Mew nodded and concentrated on the door. Its eyes glowed and after a moment the door unlocked. Ben picked up Chan again and ran outside and down towards the pokémon center as fast as he could.
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Original # of parts: 4