CAHPTER 3: Diglett Frontier:
(Hello, yet again, ppl of the world. My last two chapters have officially started the series. Coming up now is a lesson that Alex must learn to survive. It takes place in Cerulean City, and everyone's favorite area of annoying things popping up everywhere, the Diglett Tunnel.)
"Ha, I told you I would win," bragged Alex.
"It is weird how your Swinub is so strong and how SUPER WEAK!"
"Who cares, let's just get on with our journey. I've got the Cascade Badge, now what?"
"But I didn't get a badge."
"So. There are a lot more gyms to visit. The closest gym is Pewter City. According to the map, there is a short cut through that tunnel," Alex said, pointing to a nearby hole in a hill. "That should take us right to Pewter."
"We really shouldn't go that way. It really isn't that safe," said Joe.
"Why not?" asked Alex
"That's Diglett Tunnel."
"What's the worst that could happen?" asked Alex.
"Digletts have been digging holes everywhere in this cave for years. The floors could collapse."
"Loosen up," said Alex, not expecting what happened as they entered the Diglett Tunnel
"Pewter City, here we come!" said Alex.
"Oh, brother," said Joe, following his stubborn leader.
They entered the tunnel. They could hear the faint sound of "diglett, dig, diglett, dig." "So," said Alex. "I wasn't paying attention that day we learned about Diglett. I know they're small, though. What type are they?"
"Ground," said Joe. "Please, I really think we ought to leave."
"No. We'll be out of here in no time."
The two walked along the path. A few minutes later, a Diglett popped up. It was a small brown blob. "DIG!" it said, cheerfully.
"No sudden movements," whispered Joe. "Are you joking!" said Alex. "I'm gonna catch this sucker." "NO! If the Diglett tackles you, the floor could crash in!"
Alex released Swinub from its pokeball. "TACKLE!" cried Alex.
"CRAP!" yelled Joe. Swinub jumped at the Diglett. Diglett ducked into the ground popped back up and used a tackle on Swinub. As soon as the pokemon tackled, it cut a line in the floor, making it shake and brake in, sending everyone down.
Soon after, Alex regained consciousness and sat up. He pushed Joe many times, to make him wake up, too. "I told you," said Joe. "I knew that would happen. You have a lot to learn." "What?" asked Alex, confused. "You have to learn. This is dangerous. You can't expect to explore the whole world, and stay totally safe. This is real. You could die. When you see a pokemon, use common sense. Now let's find away out of here."
"We fell way down!" Alex exclaimed. He pointed up, and they could see a hole in the ceiling, where they had fallen through. "We have to find a way up there."
"We need a flying pokemon," said Joe. "Well, it's to late now!" said Alex. Suddenly, another Diglett popped out of the ground. "NOT AGAIN!" Alex yelled. "WAIT!" said Joe. "We need to catch this one." "Hypocrite!" yelled Alex. "No. It's different now. If we can catch this one, we can make it dig a hole to the surface!" said Joe. "Okay," said Alex. "Swinub, your up!" Then, Alex noticed that the fall had knocked out the poor little blob. "Oh, no!" said Alex. "Swinub, get up." The Swinub didn't move. "We have to get it to a pokemon center, and fast!" said Joe. "You were right," Alex said. "This is dangerous. Crap. We're all gonna die!"
"Get a hold of yourself, man. We aren't going to die. None of us. We need to capture this Diglett, and we have no pokemon to use, since my Tentacool is definitely too weak! We have to use luck."
"How?" asked Alex.
"Throw one of the pokeballs that you one with the money prize for beating Misty."
"I can't waist a pokeball."
"LEARN!"
The Diglett was getting annoyed. It squeaked, "DIGLETT!"
The two looked up, and Alex threw a pokeball straight at it. The Diglett disappeared inside, and the ball shook. But after three shakes, it popped out of the ball. The pokeball flew back into Alex's hand, but the scared little pokemon dug a hole in the wall of the burrow to escape. "That hole is to small for us to fit through…we're still stuck."
"NO!" screamed Alex. "We can't be lost."
"YOU AREN'T ALONE!" bellowed a voice. "I remember that voice," said Alex. "It was that guy who tried to snatch Swinub, when I first got him."
"You have a good memory, kid," said the voice as a person jumped from the hole in the ceiling down to the floor. It was the same evil scientist. Giovanni.
"WHO ARE YOU!" demanded Alex.
"I am Giovanni. And I am the greatest pokemon scientist of all time. Now give me back my experiment, or I'll take it by force!"
"Wait. This Swinub is an experiment?"
"Yes. And it happened to escape my lab. Now hand it over."
"Wait. This is your Swinub?"
"Yes, it is."
"Then…it only wanted to get in my pokeball because…."
"It wanted to escape me. HA! You really though it wanted a pathetic pokemon trainer wanna-be like you to be its trainer!"
Alex looked over at the pokemon, lying no the floor. "NOOO! It wanted me to be its………"
"NONSENSE!" Giovanni ran between Joe and Alex and picked up the dazed pokemon. It looked up at Giovanni, just waking up, and shrieked in fright.
"Don't worry, pig. Now we can finally see if my project worked."
"LET IT GO!" yelled Alex, attempting to punch the nutty scientist, like before. Giovanni ducked, and pulled a small remote out of his pocket. He pressed a button, and suddenly, a giant drill fell from the ceiling. On top of the drill was a statue of a Diglett. The Diglett's nose split I half, to reveal a chair and a computer. Giovanni climbed up the inactive drill, and sat in the chair. The nose closed, showing that it was a pink window. Giovanni laughed. Then, he pressed another button on the remote and drill fell off of the rest of the machine. Then, fire shot out of the hole, which the drill was. The machine started to hover and the Diglett part of the machine hit the ceiling crumbling the whole thing. The whole machine kept going up, pushing up all the dirt and rocks above it. Soon, the machine was at the surface of the land.
"NOOOO!" yelled Alex. "Now, we're stuck down here, and he's up there, with my…well, what it thought was my pokemon!"
"Maybe we will die down here," said Joe, giving up hope." "Unlikely," said a voice. The two turned around, to see a boy. He was a little older than the both of them, maybe 15, or 16 years old. "How did you get down here?" asked Alex. "My name is Tom, and when I saw that weird machine pop out from the ground I decided to see what was going on. I saw you from up there, and me and Abra teleported down here to save you." The purple-gold pokemon appeared, out of nowhere. "An Abra!" said Alex. "I've always wanted to see one in person!"
"Well, let's get out of here, first. Abra, teleport…"
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A few seconds later, they were back in Cerulean, outside the tunnel. They were on top of the hill, looking down into the giant hole made by Giovanni's drill machine.
Tom was pretty tall. He had a blue hat and had crazy hair. It was black. He had what looked like Zs below his cheeks (remind you of anybody: wink, wink). "I've been on this journey, since my father left, a long time ago, to research pokemon. I can't wait to get home and show my baby bro. He says, or tries to say, he will be the best pokemon master ever," said Tom. "I miss my family."
"I miss my SWINUB!" cried Alex, realizing what had happened. He then staggered away.
"Where are you going?" demanded Joe.
"To get Swinub back…somehow…go to Pewter without me. I'm not a pokemon trainer……………………………………."
PREVIEW OF NEXT EPISODE: Pokemon Spirit
"There is more to pokemon then strength," Tom told Joe.
"There is history," he continued. "And spirit. That is what I do. I'm not traveling to battle or win any contests. I want to discover the secrets of pokemon. The legends."
"You mean your searching for special pokemon. The legendary ones. Like Articuno?"
"Exactly," said Tom. "But there is one major thing I'm searching for. Ho-oh."
"Ho-oh?" asked Joe.
"The silver-gold spirit," said Tom
"What is Ho-oh?"
"I'll tell you what it isn't…a myth."
(How'd you like that episode. Will Alex return, or has he learned his first and last lesson? Okay, I'm being dramamtic. Anyways, I need to add the legendary pokemon to the mix, to make the chapters less boring. By the way, your gonna figure out later, that Ash isn't coincidentally seeing all of these legendary pokemon. By the way, did you ever notice that Ash never remembers what happened in the movies during the show………
