Chapter 13
"Congratulations you two!" Winona greeted as Lucia and Setijin entered the hotel room with their badges on show. "So, how did things go?"
"Well," Lucia began, "things started off fairly badly, but just when we thought we were beat, our Eevee evolved!" Winona smiled politely as Setijin and Lucia's excitement became more frantic.
"Well, just to add to the good news," Winona continued, "They guy we were after has been caught over in Johto, and upon his defeat, he apparently abandoned a Quilava." Setijin's eyes lit up. "The odd thing is that it somehow 'un-evolved', which, if Arc's theories are correct, means that I was wrong earlier when I said it probably evolved through training."
"Wow! Where is it now?" he asked desperately.
"Over in Olivine City in the care of the gym leader, Jasmine, a good friend of mine. Olivine city is our first stop in Johto which makes things easier for us too." Setijin fisted the air, and sat down, content with the news and the outcome of the gym battle before pausing.
"Does this mean Medicham will un-evolve as well?" he inquired.
"Who knows? Perhaps its just when they get beaten," Winona suggested.
"Maybe, but he's been beaten before, remember? Back at the weather institute..."
"Then it seems the only choice we have is to wait and see...anyway, enough of this, you better get ready for your trip to Ever Grande. Arc is probably in town, but he's planning on leaving as soon as he gets back, so you better be ready," Winona explained. "You going Lucia?"
"No, I'm going to stay here. Get a bit more training in and so on," she replied.
"Fair enough," Winona closed as she stood up and patted Setijin on the shoulder. "Good luck over there. There are a lot of incredibly strong trainers, and I get the feeling you're going to test your strength." Setijin looked back at her, is eyes flashing as if saying yes. Winona smiled, both still standing stationary, shoulder to shoulder, Winona having to look ever so slightly up to meet Setijin's eyes, before breaking off and heading towards the door. "I'm going to find Arc to tell him you're getting ready. He said he'd like to meet outside the space center, so best wait there. Lucia, you may as well go too; we can go and explore that place ourselves, ok?" Lucia agreed as Setijin climbed over the bed in the corner, and tugged out his rucksack from under the bed. He reached in and pulled out a handful of empty food wrappers drinks cans, and removed a lone pokéball, still empty.
"Looks like I might need to stock up on a few of these once I get to Ever Grande," he started, in an attempt to initiate conversation. Lucia heaved herself up from her seat on the bed, and said:
"I'm going to go over to the pokémon center quickly. I need to send an e-mail home." Setijin waved to her with his head still nestled inside his rucksack.
"Don't worry Arc, everything is set up and ready for you and Setijin. We're also making travel arrangements for you and the others to get to Johto," Steven on the other end of the pokénav explained through static. Arc smiled.
"Thanks. We'll be on our way shortly. Just waiting for the others to get here. Mossdeep really hasn't changed a bit, has it?" Arc replied.
"Nope. Still as beautiful as ever. How long has it been since we were last there? 5 years?"
"Was it really that long ago? Time sure flies when you're having...oh, here comes Winona, talk to you again later bud." He flipped the small flap connected to the bottom of the nav shut, and pocketed it as Winona slowed down to talk.
"Setijin is on his way, just final preparations. You all set to go?" she asked. Arc nodded.
"Yup," he said, whipping out a pokéball, throwing and releasing its contents in front of him. His Dragonite wailed as it proceeded to gently bat its tiny wings. "Best to let his warm up first," he joked. Winona chuckled in response. His Dragonite wailed once more and waddled over to the edge of the cliff directly in front of the space centers doors, and gazed out to sea. "You ready for your next flight buddy?" Arc asked. Dragonite smiled, this time whimpering in response. "Good, good."
Lucia stood in front of the PC in the corner of the 1st floor of the pokémon center. She typed slowly, her key presses appearing on screen in a small text box; 'On our way to Olivine City tomorrow.' She paused, staring blankly at the screen without movement, before a reply box popped up, reading 'good'. She grinned and closed the PC down, glancing out the window noticing the others crowded outside the Space Center. With this, she picked up her rucksack, slipped it over her right shoulder, adjusted her baggy white T-shirt, dusted off her long blue jeans, and bolted down the stairs.
The storm-stanched sky had started to part, with a lighter hue of blue steadily chorusing through the splits in the clouds. The rain had ceased, and now all 4 trainers waited outside the space center, Setijin and Arc waiting to leave for Ever Grande City on the back of Dragonite, Winona and Lucia poised to wave them goodbye. The champ and the trainer hopped onto the dragon pokémon, and clasped it tightly as its tiny wings flapped violently, dragging it slowly into the air. "Good luck Arc," Winona called out.
"Have fun!" Lucia continued. Setijin leant back and waved back, now looking down on Mossdeep. Dragonite rose into the air some more before angling himself forward and promptly bursting into life, swiftly gliding south towards the pokémon leagues pinnacle. Winona and Lucia stopped waving, Winona turning to Lucia.
"So, you want to explore the space center?" she asked. Lucia accepted the invitation and both girls wandered through the glass paned entrance, into the currently quiet building.
"So, how far do you honestly think Team Rocket have managed to carry their claims?" Lance, champion of the pokémon league of Johto asked.
"Well," Red of Kanto division responded, "since there has been nothing more than apparently random outbreaks of rocket activity, its quite difficult to tell whether what the one we've caught said was true or not. But if what this guy has told us isn't out of cowardice, then we should at least be very vigilant. A pokémon of legendary power is not something we will want running around freely, or even worse; under someone else's control."
"Well, I'm taking our Elite trainers out around Johto to at least try and keep and eye out for things. I suggest you stay here and try to find out why Kanto's Gyms and Cities are refusing to help," Lance suggested. Red nodded, as Lance left the building, raising a pokénav to his ear and initiating conversation. The large steel double doors closed shut behind him, leaving Red to lean back in his chair wearily, sitting alone in the large, overly tall, square, silver room, the large spotlights above fading by the time their immediate influence reached Red.
"Not too long to go now," Arc called back to Setijin through the high- speed winds washing past them.
"What are we going to do first once we get there?" Setijin shouted back, Arc leaning with his free hand cupped around his ear in an attempt to magnify Setijin's voice.
"I'm not sure. I'm going to see if I can net us some tickets for the S.S.Aqua. We'll be able to grab a ride from here and get it to detour towards Mossdeep. You have one of Winona's birds, right?"
"Yup," Setijin replied, patting the 'great ball' pocketed in between his own pokéballs. "I'm still not sure what it is though."
"Winona's a great bird trainer. Whatever it is, you can be sure it'll do the job well. Oh, there it is," Arc, announced, pointing forward and down through the light fog, towards a large silhouetted island, with the shape of a large stadium in the middle. "Setijin, welcome to Ever Grande city!" A grin shot across Setijin's face.
"Amazing...I'm getting a sudden urge to battle now...I've never had this kind of urge before. I was never really interested in pokémon, but since I've got my own, and now I've seen this place, I just feel I have to get in there...fight in the pokémon league."
"It has that effect on people," Arc joked, gently tapping the back of Dragonite's thick neck, the result being a drop in speed and altitude. Dragonite gently leant forward, cautiously descending towards the entrance of the city.
Lucia and Winona wandered around countless desks and display cases, housing chunks of rock, apparently from space, and written accounts of paranormal activities from random people, most probably mistaken. Lucia took care and attention, examining each item in extreme detail, while Winona peered through the large set of windows fitted into the far, red papered wall, met with the thin red carpeted floor.
"I hope I get to go into space someday," Winona sighed quietly to herself, staring up at the giant model of a rocket in front of her, her hand up against the glass. The entire building encircled this single model, its base built into a pit in the ground, the tip easily reaching high above the rest of the building. Lucia strode up behind her.
"I wonder if those stories of pokémon coming to earth on a giant comet millions of years ago are true?" she asked. "There are so many mysterious places and pokémon we hear about so often."
"Like the Clefairy and Mount Moon," Winona added. "I'm looking forward to going there once we reach Kanto." She smiled in anticipation. "I can't wait! I'm getting so excited about exploring the world already. And to think, just 4 days ago, I was still hanging around back home in Fortree doing absolutely nothing with my time. It seems all these tales of legendary pokémon trainers coming from no-where aren't so far fetched anymore."
"Yeah. I'm looking forward to exploring Johto as well," Lucia replied, her voice carrying a hint of angst.
"But first, we'll have to show Team Rocket a thing or two before things get out of hand," Winona continued, almost triumphantly. Lucia smiled weakly.
"Yeah...bet that would make Mom and Dad proud..."
"Congratulations you two!" Winona greeted as Lucia and Setijin entered the hotel room with their badges on show. "So, how did things go?"
"Well," Lucia began, "things started off fairly badly, but just when we thought we were beat, our Eevee evolved!" Winona smiled politely as Setijin and Lucia's excitement became more frantic.
"Well, just to add to the good news," Winona continued, "They guy we were after has been caught over in Johto, and upon his defeat, he apparently abandoned a Quilava." Setijin's eyes lit up. "The odd thing is that it somehow 'un-evolved', which, if Arc's theories are correct, means that I was wrong earlier when I said it probably evolved through training."
"Wow! Where is it now?" he asked desperately.
"Over in Olivine City in the care of the gym leader, Jasmine, a good friend of mine. Olivine city is our first stop in Johto which makes things easier for us too." Setijin fisted the air, and sat down, content with the news and the outcome of the gym battle before pausing.
"Does this mean Medicham will un-evolve as well?" he inquired.
"Who knows? Perhaps its just when they get beaten," Winona suggested.
"Maybe, but he's been beaten before, remember? Back at the weather institute..."
"Then it seems the only choice we have is to wait and see...anyway, enough of this, you better get ready for your trip to Ever Grande. Arc is probably in town, but he's planning on leaving as soon as he gets back, so you better be ready," Winona explained. "You going Lucia?"
"No, I'm going to stay here. Get a bit more training in and so on," she replied.
"Fair enough," Winona closed as she stood up and patted Setijin on the shoulder. "Good luck over there. There are a lot of incredibly strong trainers, and I get the feeling you're going to test your strength." Setijin looked back at her, is eyes flashing as if saying yes. Winona smiled, both still standing stationary, shoulder to shoulder, Winona having to look ever so slightly up to meet Setijin's eyes, before breaking off and heading towards the door. "I'm going to find Arc to tell him you're getting ready. He said he'd like to meet outside the space center, so best wait there. Lucia, you may as well go too; we can go and explore that place ourselves, ok?" Lucia agreed as Setijin climbed over the bed in the corner, and tugged out his rucksack from under the bed. He reached in and pulled out a handful of empty food wrappers drinks cans, and removed a lone pokéball, still empty.
"Looks like I might need to stock up on a few of these once I get to Ever Grande," he started, in an attempt to initiate conversation. Lucia heaved herself up from her seat on the bed, and said:
"I'm going to go over to the pokémon center quickly. I need to send an e-mail home." Setijin waved to her with his head still nestled inside his rucksack.
"Don't worry Arc, everything is set up and ready for you and Setijin. We're also making travel arrangements for you and the others to get to Johto," Steven on the other end of the pokénav explained through static. Arc smiled.
"Thanks. We'll be on our way shortly. Just waiting for the others to get here. Mossdeep really hasn't changed a bit, has it?" Arc replied.
"Nope. Still as beautiful as ever. How long has it been since we were last there? 5 years?"
"Was it really that long ago? Time sure flies when you're having...oh, here comes Winona, talk to you again later bud." He flipped the small flap connected to the bottom of the nav shut, and pocketed it as Winona slowed down to talk.
"Setijin is on his way, just final preparations. You all set to go?" she asked. Arc nodded.
"Yup," he said, whipping out a pokéball, throwing and releasing its contents in front of him. His Dragonite wailed as it proceeded to gently bat its tiny wings. "Best to let his warm up first," he joked. Winona chuckled in response. His Dragonite wailed once more and waddled over to the edge of the cliff directly in front of the space centers doors, and gazed out to sea. "You ready for your next flight buddy?" Arc asked. Dragonite smiled, this time whimpering in response. "Good, good."
Lucia stood in front of the PC in the corner of the 1st floor of the pokémon center. She typed slowly, her key presses appearing on screen in a small text box; 'On our way to Olivine City tomorrow.' She paused, staring blankly at the screen without movement, before a reply box popped up, reading 'good'. She grinned and closed the PC down, glancing out the window noticing the others crowded outside the Space Center. With this, she picked up her rucksack, slipped it over her right shoulder, adjusted her baggy white T-shirt, dusted off her long blue jeans, and bolted down the stairs.
The storm-stanched sky had started to part, with a lighter hue of blue steadily chorusing through the splits in the clouds. The rain had ceased, and now all 4 trainers waited outside the space center, Setijin and Arc waiting to leave for Ever Grande City on the back of Dragonite, Winona and Lucia poised to wave them goodbye. The champ and the trainer hopped onto the dragon pokémon, and clasped it tightly as its tiny wings flapped violently, dragging it slowly into the air. "Good luck Arc," Winona called out.
"Have fun!" Lucia continued. Setijin leant back and waved back, now looking down on Mossdeep. Dragonite rose into the air some more before angling himself forward and promptly bursting into life, swiftly gliding south towards the pokémon leagues pinnacle. Winona and Lucia stopped waving, Winona turning to Lucia.
"So, you want to explore the space center?" she asked. Lucia accepted the invitation and both girls wandered through the glass paned entrance, into the currently quiet building.
"So, how far do you honestly think Team Rocket have managed to carry their claims?" Lance, champion of the pokémon league of Johto asked.
"Well," Red of Kanto division responded, "since there has been nothing more than apparently random outbreaks of rocket activity, its quite difficult to tell whether what the one we've caught said was true or not. But if what this guy has told us isn't out of cowardice, then we should at least be very vigilant. A pokémon of legendary power is not something we will want running around freely, or even worse; under someone else's control."
"Well, I'm taking our Elite trainers out around Johto to at least try and keep and eye out for things. I suggest you stay here and try to find out why Kanto's Gyms and Cities are refusing to help," Lance suggested. Red nodded, as Lance left the building, raising a pokénav to his ear and initiating conversation. The large steel double doors closed shut behind him, leaving Red to lean back in his chair wearily, sitting alone in the large, overly tall, square, silver room, the large spotlights above fading by the time their immediate influence reached Red.
"Not too long to go now," Arc called back to Setijin through the high- speed winds washing past them.
"What are we going to do first once we get there?" Setijin shouted back, Arc leaning with his free hand cupped around his ear in an attempt to magnify Setijin's voice.
"I'm not sure. I'm going to see if I can net us some tickets for the S.S.Aqua. We'll be able to grab a ride from here and get it to detour towards Mossdeep. You have one of Winona's birds, right?"
"Yup," Setijin replied, patting the 'great ball' pocketed in between his own pokéballs. "I'm still not sure what it is though."
"Winona's a great bird trainer. Whatever it is, you can be sure it'll do the job well. Oh, there it is," Arc, announced, pointing forward and down through the light fog, towards a large silhouetted island, with the shape of a large stadium in the middle. "Setijin, welcome to Ever Grande city!" A grin shot across Setijin's face.
"Amazing...I'm getting a sudden urge to battle now...I've never had this kind of urge before. I was never really interested in pokémon, but since I've got my own, and now I've seen this place, I just feel I have to get in there...fight in the pokémon league."
"It has that effect on people," Arc joked, gently tapping the back of Dragonite's thick neck, the result being a drop in speed and altitude. Dragonite gently leant forward, cautiously descending towards the entrance of the city.
Lucia and Winona wandered around countless desks and display cases, housing chunks of rock, apparently from space, and written accounts of paranormal activities from random people, most probably mistaken. Lucia took care and attention, examining each item in extreme detail, while Winona peered through the large set of windows fitted into the far, red papered wall, met with the thin red carpeted floor.
"I hope I get to go into space someday," Winona sighed quietly to herself, staring up at the giant model of a rocket in front of her, her hand up against the glass. The entire building encircled this single model, its base built into a pit in the ground, the tip easily reaching high above the rest of the building. Lucia strode up behind her.
"I wonder if those stories of pokémon coming to earth on a giant comet millions of years ago are true?" she asked. "There are so many mysterious places and pokémon we hear about so often."
"Like the Clefairy and Mount Moon," Winona added. "I'm looking forward to going there once we reach Kanto." She smiled in anticipation. "I can't wait! I'm getting so excited about exploring the world already. And to think, just 4 days ago, I was still hanging around back home in Fortree doing absolutely nothing with my time. It seems all these tales of legendary pokémon trainers coming from no-where aren't so far fetched anymore."
"Yeah. I'm looking forward to exploring Johto as well," Lucia replied, her voice carrying a hint of angst.
"But first, we'll have to show Team Rocket a thing or two before things get out of hand," Winona continued, almost triumphantly. Lucia smiled weakly.
"Yeah...bet that would make Mom and Dad proud..."