"Chapter 6-Arrival"
Ash stared blankly out of a window in Professor Oak's laboratory into the midday sky. A couple months had gone by since they first discovered Raitorb, and they still didn't know anything more about it then they did then. The conversation with Giovanni raised more questions than it answered. Ash wondered just what was out there.
"Hi Ash," Tracey said, walking up where he was standing.
"Oh, hi Tracey," Ash said, a little uninterested.
"What's wrong?" Tracey asked. "You seem a little distant."
"Sorry, I was just wondering again what it all means. What Giovanni said, what Raitorb is, it's just not making any sense. There's something out there, Tracey. I just wish I knew what it was."
"Well, if what Giovanni said was true, you might not want to know."
"Yeah, maybe you're right. I guess some things we just weren't meant to know."
Suddenly, something in the sky caught Ash's eye. It looked like a shooting star, though he never recalled seeing one in the daytime before.
"Hey Tracey, what's that?" Ash asked.
"I'm not sure," Tracey said. "Perhaps a meteorite?"
"Could be. It looks pretty close. I've got a bad feeling about this."
Ash watched as the streaking light grew in brightness and was coming closer and closer to the Earth. He and Tracey both looked on as it headed towards the horizon, appearing to hit the ground in the distance. They both were silent for a minute, not knowing what to make of it.
"Did it land?" Tracey asked.
Before Ash could answer, he felt the ground shake, almost like a small earthquake.
"Does that answer your question?" Ash said.
"Whoa, what was that!" Gary said, rushing into the room to see what was going on. Professor Oak soon followed.
"Looks like a meteorite, a big one," Ash replied. "Landed off in the distance. What's in that direction?"
"Mt. Moon," Professor Oak said. "It wouldn't be the first time a meteorite struck there."
"Coincidence?" Tracey asked.
"Possibly," said Ash. "I want to check this out. Call Misty and Brock, tell them to meet me at Mt. Moon as soon as possible."
"No problem," Tracey said. "I'll come along too this time."
"You're not going on another adventure without me either, Ashy," Gary said.
"Where's Raitorb?" Ash asked.
"In the back, with the other Pokémon" Gary said. "Why?"
"I'm taking it with me. Come on, Pikachu."
"Pikachu," Pikachu said, hopping up onto Ash's shoulder.
***
Ash, Pikachu, and Raitorb approached Mt. Moon, riding on the back of Ash's Charizard. Gary and Tracey rode on the back of Gary's Pidgeot. A cloud of dust was billowing up from where the object had collided with the ground.
"I'm still not sure why you brought me with you," Raitorb said.
"Neither am I," said Ash. "It's just a feeling. I can't explain it."
Charizard and Pidgeot touched down on the ground near Misty and Brock, who had already made it there before them.
"Looks like we beat the reporters," Ash said as he climbed off Charizard. "That's odd. Normally they'd be swarming a story like this."
"This doesn't feel right," Misty said. "We couldn't have been the only ones to see this hit the Earth. Could we?"
"I don't know," Brock said. "But I agree, something's not right here."
"Let's check this thing out," Ash said. They headed up the face of the mountain to the spot where the impact occurred. Trees were flattened all around from the huge crash landing. They came to a clearing with no trees at all and a huge crater.
"This is it," Ash said.
A cloud of dust, floating around the crater, obstructed all view of what was inside.
"Are we going to climb down?" Misty asked.
"That won't be necessary," a voice said from inside the crater.
"What in the world was that?" Brock said, suddenly very alarmed. They watched as a shadowy figure began to emerge from the impact crater.
"It's here," Ash thought to himself.
Ash stared blankly out of a window in Professor Oak's laboratory into the midday sky. A couple months had gone by since they first discovered Raitorb, and they still didn't know anything more about it then they did then. The conversation with Giovanni raised more questions than it answered. Ash wondered just what was out there.
"Hi Ash," Tracey said, walking up where he was standing.
"Oh, hi Tracey," Ash said, a little uninterested.
"What's wrong?" Tracey asked. "You seem a little distant."
"Sorry, I was just wondering again what it all means. What Giovanni said, what Raitorb is, it's just not making any sense. There's something out there, Tracey. I just wish I knew what it was."
"Well, if what Giovanni said was true, you might not want to know."
"Yeah, maybe you're right. I guess some things we just weren't meant to know."
Suddenly, something in the sky caught Ash's eye. It looked like a shooting star, though he never recalled seeing one in the daytime before.
"Hey Tracey, what's that?" Ash asked.
"I'm not sure," Tracey said. "Perhaps a meteorite?"
"Could be. It looks pretty close. I've got a bad feeling about this."
Ash watched as the streaking light grew in brightness and was coming closer and closer to the Earth. He and Tracey both looked on as it headed towards the horizon, appearing to hit the ground in the distance. They both were silent for a minute, not knowing what to make of it.
"Did it land?" Tracey asked.
Before Ash could answer, he felt the ground shake, almost like a small earthquake.
"Does that answer your question?" Ash said.
"Whoa, what was that!" Gary said, rushing into the room to see what was going on. Professor Oak soon followed.
"Looks like a meteorite, a big one," Ash replied. "Landed off in the distance. What's in that direction?"
"Mt. Moon," Professor Oak said. "It wouldn't be the first time a meteorite struck there."
"Coincidence?" Tracey asked.
"Possibly," said Ash. "I want to check this out. Call Misty and Brock, tell them to meet me at Mt. Moon as soon as possible."
"No problem," Tracey said. "I'll come along too this time."
"You're not going on another adventure without me either, Ashy," Gary said.
"Where's Raitorb?" Ash asked.
"In the back, with the other Pokémon" Gary said. "Why?"
"I'm taking it with me. Come on, Pikachu."
"Pikachu," Pikachu said, hopping up onto Ash's shoulder.
***
Ash, Pikachu, and Raitorb approached Mt. Moon, riding on the back of Ash's Charizard. Gary and Tracey rode on the back of Gary's Pidgeot. A cloud of dust was billowing up from where the object had collided with the ground.
"I'm still not sure why you brought me with you," Raitorb said.
"Neither am I," said Ash. "It's just a feeling. I can't explain it."
Charizard and Pidgeot touched down on the ground near Misty and Brock, who had already made it there before them.
"Looks like we beat the reporters," Ash said as he climbed off Charizard. "That's odd. Normally they'd be swarming a story like this."
"This doesn't feel right," Misty said. "We couldn't have been the only ones to see this hit the Earth. Could we?"
"I don't know," Brock said. "But I agree, something's not right here."
"Let's check this thing out," Ash said. They headed up the face of the mountain to the spot where the impact occurred. Trees were flattened all around from the huge crash landing. They came to a clearing with no trees at all and a huge crater.
"This is it," Ash said.
A cloud of dust, floating around the crater, obstructed all view of what was inside.
"Are we going to climb down?" Misty asked.
"That won't be necessary," a voice said from inside the crater.
"What in the world was that?" Brock said, suddenly very alarmed. They watched as a shadowy figure began to emerge from the impact crater.
"It's here," Ash thought to himself.