Chapter 9
May decided not to tell Brendan about Damien the poacher, but she'd have to make up some story
about Mudkip and Treecko. I could say.. they were abandoned by their trainer? Oh, this is useless..
thought May. She knew Brendan would get angry if he found out she had caught Pokemon without him.
"So," Brendan said right before they entered Oldale Town, "Didja catch any Pokémon? You were gone an awfully
long time." "No," May lied. She hadn't figured out what she was going to say to Brendan. They
started immediately for Petalburg City after they entered Oldale Town.
"I'm catching Pokemon. I'll meet you in Petalburg. Are you going to be OK alone?" asked Brendan.
May could still hear Damien's furious yells in her mind. If he found her and his Treecko and Mudkip,
who would come and rescue her? "Maybe not," May said. She then realized she was clinging on to Brendan's
arm. She let go. "Sorry," she said. She could feel the embarrassment as her face turned a dark red.
Brendan said nothing in return.
Suddenly, someone ran up to them. "Hi, I'm looking for a couple of Pokemon. A Treecko and a Mudkip. They
ran away last night," the boy said. May recognized the voice. It was Damien. "No, I haven't seen one. I have a Mudkip,
but it was my first Pokemon. Here, I'll show you," offered Brendan. He let out his water type Pokemon. Damien examined it
and said it wasn't his. "If you see any, bring em to me. Adios," Damien said, and walked off. "Why didn't you say something? Maybe
you saw the Treecko and Mudkip. Did you?" asked Brendan. "I have a question for you. Why do you ask so many questions?" she said, and ran
ahead. She ran into a trainer (NOT Damien) and asked if they could battle, and the other trainer, Vicky, accepted. "Go, Poliwag!"
"Go, Tree - I mean, Pikachu!" May cried, releasing the electric mouse. She couldn't let Brendan know about Treecko or Mudkip now.
"Poliwag, use your Bubble attack!" cried Vicky. Poliwag shot out a few bubbles and they hit Pikachu. "Big mistake," May said.
She remembered from studying that if a electric Pokemon is wet, it's Electric attacks are more powerful than they were before.
"Pikachu, Thunderbolt!" May cried. "PIKAAAACHUUUUU!" Pikachu cried as it let out a Thunderbolt attack.
The electricity made Poliwag faint easily. "Pi pikachu! (I won!)" PIkachu said happily. "Petalburg City is just a few minutes away," said Vicky,
then she ran down the same road Damien did.
They were nearing Petalburg City. Suddenly, May saw something in the corner of her eye. She looked towards it and saw nothing.
"What's wrong, May?" asked Brendan. "Nothing, I just thought I saw something," she said. It looked like a Pokemon, with the colors of white, a little
blue, and some yellow.
