Chapter Eight: Pikachu and the Secret Cave
"Pika, pi! Pika pi-pi-pi pika, pikachu!" Pikachu pointed to the widened opening of a room in the cavern.
"Bulb, bulba! Bulb bulba-bulba-bulba bulb, bulbasaur!" Bulbasaur repeated.
Gloria couldn't believe what she saw; an adult Raichu sat in the middle of the cavern, nudging a cute baby Pichu with its tail. Several more little Pichu and Raichu were circling Gloria's own Pikachu.
"I-I never knew you were a mother here too, Pikachu…" Gloria started.
"Pi pika, pika-pika. Pika pi, pi pikachu. Pi pikachu, pikachu pika pi pikachu?" Pikachu asked.
"Bulba bulb, bulb-bulb. Bulb bulba, bulba bulbasaur. Bulba bulbasaur, bulbasaur bulb bulba bulbasaur?" said Bulbasaur.
"What? You say Raichu here is your 'boyfriend', and the babies are yours? Of course you can bring them with us!" Gloria said crouching down and scratching Pikachu behind its ears, "I can't separate you from your best pal, now can I?"
"Pika!" Pikachu leapt onto Gloria, hugging her around the legs.
Meanwhile, outside the caves…
"Hey! I just saw her! That skirt of hers is dead noticeable." Joshua said.
"Where did she race off to now?" Julie asked, looking behind her to check on the two Pokémon behind her.
"I don't know! I think she ran towards Evolution Mountain. Let's check there first. One could get lost easily in those old mines…" Joshua shook the thought off like a wet Poochyena. "Let's just hope we can find her…"
In the caves of Evolution Mountain…
"Let's find our way out of here. If I have to face Joshua and Julie again, all I'll get is jokes about the accident…" Gloria said, young Raichu and Pichu in her arms.
"Pi-pika pi! Pikachu pi!" said Pikachu excitedly. Once again, Bulbasaur "translated" the saying to Gloria.
"You know the way out? Lead the way, Pikachu!" Gloria said, stepping aside so Pikachu could lead the way.
"Pi pika pikachu pika!" Pikachu held up a shiny yellow thing, a raw Thunder Stone! "Pi pikachu pi-pi!"
"Huh? A Thunder Stone!? You want to evolve, Pikachu?"
"Pi, pi!" Pikachu shook its head. "Pikachu, pi, pi, pi pika pi!" Bulbasaur, once again, said the speech in a series of "bulba" s and "saur" s.
"Oh, I see. You want me to keep it for you." Gloria said with a smile.
"Pika." Pikachu nodded.
Back outside, just in front of the caves/old mines of Evolution Mountain…
"Hey, look at this!" Joshua was crouched down on the ground. "Paw prints!"
"It looks like a Pikachu's paw print." Julie said "C'mon! No time to lose!" she ran in the cave. Charmander rolled its eyes and followed its trainer. Joshua and Squirtle followed shortly after.
"Farfetch'd!" a duck-like Pokémon hung upside-down on a branch just in front of Joshua with a sprig of a plant in its beak, wings fully outspread!
"Hey! How'd you get out?" Joshua recalled the crazy duck Pokémon.
"Farfetch'd!" it popped back out of the Pokéball.
"I said stay in!" He tossed the Pokéball at the Farfetch'd, but it ran off.
"Wark?" It squawked as it peeped out from behind a tree.
"Oh, you crazy bird! Get over here!" Joshua chased his Farfetch'd around the area but it was far too fast for him to catch.
"Oh, I give up!" Joshua said angrily "I'll leave you out!" he grunted and continued, following Julie.
Somewhere else…
"Whew, finally. Out of that cave at last…" said Gloria.
"Rai!" Raichu squealed yanking on Gloria's dress, "Raichu! Raichu-rai!"
"What's the matter?" she asked.
"Rai, raichu! Rai, rai!"
"PI!? Pika pi, pi pika?" said the Pikachu in shock.
Julie ran out of the cave. "I heard her! She's nearby!"
"What!? Let's move. We have something to say about the concert, don't we?" Joshua yelled racing out of the cave and ahead of Julie.
Gloria cocked her head. "I see. You hear something, Raichu?"
"Pi, pika pi, pi!" said Pikachu
"Bulba bulb bulba, bulba!" Bulbasaur warned, but it was too late. The Spearows were attacking…