"Chapter 4-Revelations"
With the sky now a bright orange and the sun slowly setting in the Kanto sky, Ash, Misty, and Brock, along with Pikachu, continue to follow the mysterious tracking device they found on the newly-discovered Pokémon, Raitorb. Walking for several hours now, through the wooded forest, they finally near what they're looking for.
"We're getting closer," Brock said. "It should be just up ahead."
They pushed forward through the bushes, coming to a small clearing with a large building just ahead.
"Whatever we're looking for, it's in there," Brock said. He knew this building, as did Ash and Misty. They'd been here before. Seeing the run- down headquarters of Team Rocket brought back bad memories for them all. Ash's eyes narrowed and his fists clenched just at the site of the building. Misty could sense what Ash was feeling inside.
"It's okay," she said. "That was almost two years ago. Let it go."
"Never," Ash said. "I'll never forgive that creep for what he did."
"Come on, let's get this over with," Brock said before prying open the large front doors. Inside was almost total darkness.
"Did you bring the flashlights, Brock?" Misty asked.
"Yeah, here," said Brock, reaching into his pack and pulling out three flashlights, handing one to each of them. "Rule number 1: always come prepared." They switched on the lights and entered the Rocket's former base.
"Where are the signals coming from?" Ash asked. "The sooner we get out of here, the better."
Brock zoomed in on the tracker's screen, which brought up a map of the base.
"I think they're coming from one of the lower levels," he said. "If we follow this hallway, it'll take us to a stairwell which should lead us to where we want to go."
Ash remembered this hallway. Seemed like he remembered a lot of he base, even though he never saw much of it when he was last here. Everywhere in the building seemed haunting. He stopped in front of a large doorway, the doors blown off their hinges. Misty walked right into Ash.
"Hey, watch it!" she said. "Keep moving, Ash. I don't want to get lost here."
"Look," he said, shining his light into the large room. Faint sunlight was helping to illuminate the room, but it was fading fast. The sunlight was shinning in from a huge hole missing from the roof. The room was a Pokémon battle arena. The floor was littered with pieces of rubble from the collapsed roof. Ash shined his flashlight onto a rather large piece of debris. He remembered that particular spot vividly.
"That was where--," Ash started, before being interrupted by Misty.
"I know," she said, with a smile. "Let's keep moving."
They hurried down the hallway to catch up to Brock, who had located the stairwell. They carefully crept down it to the third and final sub-floor. The room appeared to be some sort of office, but nothing out of the ordinary was here.
"Well, we can't go lower," Ash said. "I don't see anything."
"Not this room," Brock said. "The next room over."
"But there's no doors," Misty said. "What next room?"
"Here," Brock said, moving over to one of the walls. "There must be some sort of secret panel here, but I don't know how to open it."
"Let me," Ash said. "Pikachu, Thundershock."
Pikachu blasted its electrical attack at the wall, blowing open the panel and revealing a hidden passageway.
"In we go," Brock said. They crept down the short hallway and into the next room, which was the darkest room they had encountered yet. Brock shined his light onto the walls, revealing what looked to be cages.
"Looks like some sort of prison," Misty said.
"Yeah, but a prison for what?" Ash asked.
"Hey guys, check this out!" Brock exclaimed. Ash and Misty rushed over to where he was. Brock shined his flashlight deeper into one of the cages, revealing what was inside.
"It's a Pokémon," Ash realized. "At least, that's what I think it is."
Inside the cell was another bizarre-looking Pokémon that appeared to be some sort of cross between a Pikachu and a Charmander. It looked like it was deceased.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"My thoughts exactly," Misty said. "This is creepy."
"Do you think this Pokémon is somehow related to Raitorb?" Ash asked.
"I'd say that's a fair hypothesis," Brock said.
"Look at them all!" Misty said, shining her light into some of the other cages, revealing more strange Pokémon inside of them. All of them appeared to be dead as well. They all looked like they were combinations of other Pokémon that they knew of. Others they weren't so sure about.
"This is awful," said Ash. "What happened to them all?"
"I don't know," Brock said. "They don't appeared to have been forcefully killed. Perhaps no one ever found them when the police cleared this place out."
"Poor things," Misty said.
"Raitorb must have been trying to find these Pokémon," Ash said. "But how did they get here? And just what are they?"
"Do you think Team Rocket could have experimenting with these Pokémon?" asked Brock.
"Wouldn't surprise me," Ash said. "It wouldn't be the first time they've created Pokémon with their sickening experiments."
"Pikachu...," Pikachu said, feeling sorry for the deceased Pokémon.
"Let's go," Brock said. "There's nothing more we can do here. It's getting late. We better get back to Pallet Town."
"We need to get answers to this," Misty said.
It pained Ash to admit it, but he knew there was only one person in the world that could shed some light on this situation.
"I think I know where we can get some," Ash said, as they turned and left the room.
With the sky now a bright orange and the sun slowly setting in the Kanto sky, Ash, Misty, and Brock, along with Pikachu, continue to follow the mysterious tracking device they found on the newly-discovered Pokémon, Raitorb. Walking for several hours now, through the wooded forest, they finally near what they're looking for.
"We're getting closer," Brock said. "It should be just up ahead."
They pushed forward through the bushes, coming to a small clearing with a large building just ahead.
"Whatever we're looking for, it's in there," Brock said. He knew this building, as did Ash and Misty. They'd been here before. Seeing the run- down headquarters of Team Rocket brought back bad memories for them all. Ash's eyes narrowed and his fists clenched just at the site of the building. Misty could sense what Ash was feeling inside.
"It's okay," she said. "That was almost two years ago. Let it go."
"Never," Ash said. "I'll never forgive that creep for what he did."
"Come on, let's get this over with," Brock said before prying open the large front doors. Inside was almost total darkness.
"Did you bring the flashlights, Brock?" Misty asked.
"Yeah, here," said Brock, reaching into his pack and pulling out three flashlights, handing one to each of them. "Rule number 1: always come prepared." They switched on the lights and entered the Rocket's former base.
"Where are the signals coming from?" Ash asked. "The sooner we get out of here, the better."
Brock zoomed in on the tracker's screen, which brought up a map of the base.
"I think they're coming from one of the lower levels," he said. "If we follow this hallway, it'll take us to a stairwell which should lead us to where we want to go."
Ash remembered this hallway. Seemed like he remembered a lot of he base, even though he never saw much of it when he was last here. Everywhere in the building seemed haunting. He stopped in front of a large doorway, the doors blown off their hinges. Misty walked right into Ash.
"Hey, watch it!" she said. "Keep moving, Ash. I don't want to get lost here."
"Look," he said, shining his light into the large room. Faint sunlight was helping to illuminate the room, but it was fading fast. The sunlight was shinning in from a huge hole missing from the roof. The room was a Pokémon battle arena. The floor was littered with pieces of rubble from the collapsed roof. Ash shined his flashlight onto a rather large piece of debris. He remembered that particular spot vividly.
"That was where--," Ash started, before being interrupted by Misty.
"I know," she said, with a smile. "Let's keep moving."
They hurried down the hallway to catch up to Brock, who had located the stairwell. They carefully crept down it to the third and final sub-floor. The room appeared to be some sort of office, but nothing out of the ordinary was here.
"Well, we can't go lower," Ash said. "I don't see anything."
"Not this room," Brock said. "The next room over."
"But there's no doors," Misty said. "What next room?"
"Here," Brock said, moving over to one of the walls. "There must be some sort of secret panel here, but I don't know how to open it."
"Let me," Ash said. "Pikachu, Thundershock."
Pikachu blasted its electrical attack at the wall, blowing open the panel and revealing a hidden passageway.
"In we go," Brock said. They crept down the short hallway and into the next room, which was the darkest room they had encountered yet. Brock shined his light onto the walls, revealing what looked to be cages.
"Looks like some sort of prison," Misty said.
"Yeah, but a prison for what?" Ash asked.
"Hey guys, check this out!" Brock exclaimed. Ash and Misty rushed over to where he was. Brock shined his flashlight deeper into one of the cages, revealing what was inside.
"It's a Pokémon," Ash realized. "At least, that's what I think it is."
Inside the cell was another bizarre-looking Pokémon that appeared to be some sort of cross between a Pikachu and a Charmander. It looked like it was deceased.
"Pika!" Pikachu exclaimed.
"My thoughts exactly," Misty said. "This is creepy."
"Do you think this Pokémon is somehow related to Raitorb?" Ash asked.
"I'd say that's a fair hypothesis," Brock said.
"Look at them all!" Misty said, shining her light into some of the other cages, revealing more strange Pokémon inside of them. All of them appeared to be dead as well. They all looked like they were combinations of other Pokémon that they knew of. Others they weren't so sure about.
"This is awful," said Ash. "What happened to them all?"
"I don't know," Brock said. "They don't appeared to have been forcefully killed. Perhaps no one ever found them when the police cleared this place out."
"Poor things," Misty said.
"Raitorb must have been trying to find these Pokémon," Ash said. "But how did they get here? And just what are they?"
"Do you think Team Rocket could have experimenting with these Pokémon?" asked Brock.
"Wouldn't surprise me," Ash said. "It wouldn't be the first time they've created Pokémon with their sickening experiments."
"Pikachu...," Pikachu said, feeling sorry for the deceased Pokémon.
"Let's go," Brock said. "There's nothing more we can do here. It's getting late. We better get back to Pallet Town."
"We need to get answers to this," Misty said.
It pained Ash to admit it, but he knew there was only one person in the world that could shed some light on this situation.
"I think I know where we can get some," Ash said, as they turned and left the room.