Chapter Two – Cinnabar Kidnap
"Full restoration, please." Rain smiled as she held out five Pokeballs. Three of them were her's, the others belonged to Jennifer, who was right behind her. "And do you have any idea who Blaine's is?" She asked, as the nurse took the Pokeballs and put them on a black panel, which was connected to a machine.
"Oh, Blaine." She replied, pressing a few buttons on the machine, and the black panel flashed with a yellow glow. "He's the Gym Leader here. You two are looking for him?"
"Yeah. We have some things for him." Jennifer grinned.
"Okay. All done." The yellow glow faded off, and the nurse handed the Pokeballs back to the girls. "You two have to go down the road, turn left at the junction after the Pokemon Mart and go straight down the path. Have a nice day!" The girls waved back as they left he Pokemon Center, and followed the directions given by the helpful nurse.
"Hey. Ever wondered what's inside your package?" Jennifer asked, as she took out her package for Blaine. "I think it's something alive. It's warm inside." She guessed, shaking the box.
"Well, mine's just a letter, I think." Rain replied, taking out hers.
"So, how do you think this Blaine looks like?" Jennifer tried to imagine, but found it hard without a single clue.
"Let's just hope he in." Rain said, as they reached the residence of the Gym Leader. Taking a deep breath, Rain knocked on the door. After for what seemed like eternity, the door opened. The girls froze for a second.
"AHH!!!" Three screams filled the air of Cinnabar Island. Nearby, a flock of Pidgeys flew off, frightened by the ear-piercing screams. A girl about their age had opened the door instead. Pointing at her, Rain and Jennifer asked simultaneously, "Who are you?!"
"Who are you two in the first place?!" The girl returned the question, looking at Rain and Jennifer. Although they were in different clothes, it was easy to tell, just by looking at their faces that Rain, Jennifer, and the girl, were identical.
"I'm Rain, and she's Jennifer. We're looking for Blaine." Jennifer repeated Rain's question, "Who are you?"
"Amber. So, you two are looking for Dad. Come in first." She said, and closed the door hurriedly behind them. She gestured them upstairs to her room, and invited them to take a seat on her bed. "You two are twins?" She asked excitedly.
"No. We just met yesterday." Jennifer said, suddenly recalling Rain and her first meeting yesterday. "And we had a big shock, just like today."
"Nah, it isn't shocking. It's just..." Amber tried to find the right word.
"Cool?" Rain suggested. Amber turned to look at her. "Yes! It's just too cool! Could we be long-lost triplets?"
"Erm, maybe...so where's Blaine? We have things for him." Rain said, taking out her brown package. Jennifer took out hers too.
"Both of you?" Amber asked, and they nodded. "That's quite strange..." Her words trailed off as she accepted both packages and placed them delicately on her desk. "Dad just left home the day before yesterday with a group of Scientists to the Burned Mansion for some research."
There was a moment of silence, before Rain gazed out of the window. The sun was beginning to set, coloring the sky with a dark shade of orange. "It's getting late. We have to go."
"You two have accommodations here?" Amber asked, as she stood up and walked to her wardrobe.
"No. I live near Lavender Town, while Rain lives near Vermillion." Jennifer replied, watching Amber take out three sets of pajamas, and knew what she was going to ask.
"Why not stay for the night? My bed's big enough for all three of us, and we can have a good talk tonight." She threw a set of pajamas each to Rain and Jennifer. Smiling, they began to change into the pajamas. Then, the three girls sat down on Amber's large bed. Hugging her Charmander doll, she asked slowly, "So, do you two have special talents?"
When Jennifer and Rain both described their 'powers' to Amber, she was absolutely ecstatic. "Wow! I can't do all that stuff with water and electricity, but I can do stuff with fire."
"Isn't that dangerous?" Rain said, looking at signs of burns or injury on her body.
"No, it's just heat in general. Hey! That tickles!" She laughed, as Rain accidentally tickled her. Time flew, and it was time for them to sleep. With a soft 'click', Amber's room plunged into darkness, and the girls all went to sleep one by one.
Meanwhile, Blaine and a group of researchers were diligently exploring a part of the Burned Mansion that was usually off-limits to the public. Wiping his sweat with a piece of tissue, Blaine flipped to another page of the diary they found.
"We discovered a small sample of Mew's fur today. It was found near a wall with carvings of how Mew looked like. It resembled a cat, but has psychic powers far more powerful that several Alakazams put together. Giovanni had proposed to name it the New Species Pokemon, and sent the information for Professor Oak's PokeDex. But I had a bad feeling today, when I saw Giovanni behaving suspiciously near the site where Mew's sample was discovered. He was, at that time, already suspected to be guilty of spear-heading an illegal project of genetic engineering into humans, and Professor Oak had warned me to be wary of his movements."
Blaine sighed, when the ground suddenly vibrated. Putting the diary into his pockets, he stood up unsteadily. "What's going on?" He asked his colleagues, just as something burst out from the ground behind him. It was a Rhydon. A black figure jumped down from the Rhydon. "Blaine, old friend. Forgotten me already?"
With a flash of recognition, Blaine shouted "Giovanni!". His Rapidash appeared, and sent a Fire Spin at Rhydon, preventing its escape.
"Correct! But I think it's too late." Giovanni pointed at the group of researchers, and from underneath them, a large hole appeared. With a cry, they fell into the hole. "That's my Dugtrio. I thought kidnapping them might be easy, but you might pose a little resistance to me."
"Rapidash! Skull Bash!" Blaine shouted, jumping onto his Rapidash. Lowering its head, it charged at Rhydon. Rhydon raised its two arms, and threw Rapidash into the air. "Argh!" Blaine exclaimed as he recalled his Rapidash and sent out a Charizard. Flapping its wings, it hovered mid-air for a few seconds before exhaling a jet of Flamethrower at Rhydon.
"Fire's not good against Ground, Blaines." Giovanni laughed.
"Not necessarily." He smiled, as Rhydon suddenly roared in pain. It's tail was burnt. "Charizard! Flamethrower!" More streams of fire flew, aimed at Rhydon's tail. Rhydon gave a great roar of pain as its tail started to smoke.
"Blaine. A great lesson for you." Giovanni said as Rhydon suddenly jumped up. "There are some attacks that work best when the user's injured."
"Oh no!" Blaine gasped as Rhydon jumped into the air, high above Charizard. "Facade and Flail!"
"BINGO!" Giovanni snapped his fingers, and Rhydon slammed its smoking hot tail down onto Charizard's body. Charizard crashed into the ground below and fainted, exhausted from battling. Blaine recalled it quickly. "Arcanine!" A canine like Legendary Pokemon appeared, and Blaine jumped on.
"Dugtrio! Dig!" With a rumble, Dugtrio disappeared underground.
"Arcanine! Extremespeed!" Arcanine suddenly disappeared and reappeared a distance away. "Giovanni! Don't forget I'm a leader too! It won't be easy to get me!" Blaine shouted confidently.
"Oh yeah? Dugtrio! Bermuda Triangle!" Giovanni shouted, and the ground shook even more. "I won't mind explaining to you. This attack is a mixture of Tri Attack and Dig, and is called Bermuda Triangle 'cause..."
Suddenly, three Digletts appeared, surrounding Arcanine in a triangle. It lost its footing, and with Blaine, it fell into the triangular hole. The three Digletts disappeared into their respective holes and reappeared as a Dugtrio.
"Everything in its range disappeared instantly without a trace." Giovanni finished, recalling his Dugtrio. "Rhydon. Let's go."
With a rumble, Rhydon left with its master. "Blaine, I found...Guys!" A researcher entered the deserted room, and had a great shock. The room was now empty except for holes dug by Ground Pokemons. "What happened?" He asked as he peeked down the holes of the ground. Taking out a Pokeball, he sent out his Muk.
"Muk! Go down and see where the tunnel leads to!" Muk nodded, and with a squish, it flowed down the tunnel.
Beep! The sole researcher glanced around, and spotted something on the table. It was Blaine's mobile, and its hourly alarm had rang. Picking it up, his Muk reappeared from the holes, making excited noises. "Wait, Muk." He said, as he took out a map of the Kanto region from his pockets. "Point." He commanded as he gave Muk a pencil.
From its purple viscous body, the pencil flowed about for a while, before Muk threw it down. The pencil rolled and came to a stop, pointing at Saffron City's Sliph Company.
Author's Note: Well, the second chapter's done! The story is coming soon to its climax, and I hope it will at the very least fulfill your expectations of this story. By the way, I don't think I would include the other two (Espeon and Umbreon) in this story. Please comment and tell me how I can improve my writing skills. Thanks a lot to all who have reviewed the previous chapters!