Chapter 2:

I sat on my couch, waiting for the newscaster to make the special announcement that interrupted my Geico commercial. Even though it took two minutes, it felt like two hours. I sat there with questions on my mind. Why must we stay inside? What is the announcement? Why do you have a black eye? After the two minutes of waiting, my questions were answered, except for the last one.

The newscaster cleared his throat and started to explain. "Recently, the US Science Facility has been researching new gases and attempted to create a safe, Oxygen substitute. After years of underground testing, the US Science Facility managed to create two gases. The first one is called Carbogen. The second one is called Krypocarbogen. Carbogen is composed of Oxygen and sugar in gas form. When one breathes this in, it will diffuse into your cells and immediately make a chemical reaction forming energy upon contact with a mitochondrion. This is because sugar, oxygen, and a mitochondrion are needed to form energy. If you breathed this gas, you would not need to eat, because you got your energy this way." I found that idea quite smart. It could help millions.

"The second gas is called Krypocarbogen. This is Carbogen that has had Krypton applied to it. The reasons why Krypton was added remain to be a mystery, but this gas was so powerful, that it mutated different objects, like plants, into bizarre aberrations. This information was quickly sent to the World Congress. One representative from each country came and argued upon a name for these aberrations, these abnormal creatures. The name has been decided." I wish this guy would tell me what the name was…I'm dieing to know!

"These creatures have been classified as Pokémon. Currently, there are over 350 different types of Pokémon. And there are over 500,000 in the Pokémon population." I'm confused. Why must we stay indoors? What can these little creatures do to us?

"…This just in! We have been sent a video showing Krypocarbogen transforming a budded flower into a Pokémon. The name of this Pokémon is still under debate by the World Congress."

A video…of a Pokémon? This I gotta see! And sure enough, before my very eyes, there was a budded flower, waiting to blossom. Then, a black gas appeared. This must be Krypocarbogen. The gas covered the flower, making it hard to see. When the gas vanished, there was a creature. It was green, and it has a bud on it's back. It stood on all fours and looked somewhat curious about it's surroundings. Before I got to get a better look at the creature, the newscaster returned on the screen.

"The Pokémon that you have seen before you is called a Bulbasaur. This creature is very dangerous and should be handled with extreme caution."

Dangerous? How can a puny plant-thing be dangerous? The video of the bulbasaur returned again. This time, it was moving about through a forest. The sun grew strong suddenly. I saw this creature's bulb opening slightly, letting the sunlight in. The bulbasaur then closed its bulb. It opened it's mouth and let out a huge beam, greater than any I had seen before. I didn't know what happened next, because I fainted.