SQUISH!

"Good God! What's the stuff on my shoe?!"

It had been a week since the dragon incident, and 5 days since Eoin agreed to go with Ani on the ultimate journey in Kanto. After Ani put up quite a fuss on how cute her Squirtle was, they finally left Professor Oak's Lab and headed toward Route One. Both Eoin and Ani had caught a Pidgey, and Eoin stepped in something that wouldn't be fit to advertise in public. They were eager to test their skills in the Virdian City Gym, until...

"WHAT!? THE GYM'S CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE?!" Ani was on one of her rampages. "Wait until I find him, that-"

"Ani!"

So, after healing their pokemon, and heading off in the direction of Virdian Forest, Ani and Eoin found a strange man walking towards them. He was wearing a mask, and had black clothes on, with a big red "R" on the front of his long sleeved black shirt.

"Well, well, well, what do we have here?", he sneered.

"Get away from me, you creep!" You guessed it- Ani was the first to react.

"Oh, harsh words for someone so young, eh, Ehrich?"

Another man came out from the shadows.

"Right you are, Aaronn.", Ehrich sneered.

"Please, get away from us.", Eoin said in a calm, but strangely defiant tone.

"How about we have a little suffle, first, eh Aaronn?"

"Of course. Scuffles are fun..." They both reached for the pokeballs on their belts...