Here's chapter 16! I've had time during my study hall in school today to post the chapters up. Just so anyone is reading this, I know it sounds very similar to another story, but I would never plagiarize word-for-word unless I've asked permission from the author. I've had earlier ideas that my character would have an electric-type Pokemon hatch from an egg, so why not the pre-evolution of Raichu since that Pokemon is my absolute favorite. Anyway, Angelina won her Fog Badge and is now on her way to the next gym and city with a new friend. What happens?
Chapter 16: Onward To An Egg-citing Catch
About a day after Angelina challenged the Ecruteak Gym Leader, Angelina and Jeremy are now traveling toward Olivine City. They've been walking for close to a week and still haven't reached their destination, but they are closer than they think.
"I can't believe it," Angelina smiled as she admired her newly earned Fog Badge. "Morty was tough, but I sure handled him!"
"Yeah," Jeremy laughed, "You only need four more gym badges and you can compete in the Silver League Conference!"
"Where is the league being held this year, anyways?" Angelina asked.
"It's being held in….-uh," Jeremy looked down to the ground, "Geas, I forgot..."
"We'll worry about that when we get there," Angelina tried to cheer her companion up. "Besides, we need to be enjoying our journey!"
"You sure are anxious," Jeremy replied as he continued to navigate through the dirt trail they were walking down.
Angelina giggled, "Yeah," she looked to her left and saw a clear green meadow not that far from the dirt trail. "Hey, let's take a break and have lunch."
It wasn't long that Angelina released some of her Pokemon when they found a nice clearing to get some fresh air and have some lunch. Charcoal ate his food like he was eating popcorn at a mildly interesting movie while Flower and Spritz chatted like school girls eating theirs. Togepi and Shadow sat next to each other, playing together happily.
"You know, we're not that far from Olivine City," Jeremy gulped down his apple, "We should make it there soon before the end of this week."
Angelina got her yellow egg out of her bag and rubbed it, "I can't wait til it hatches." she smiled, "I wonder what it'll be!"
"Only time will tell," Jeremy viewed the egg. "But it seems like it won't be long."
"How can you tell?" Angelina asked.
"The way it's shape is," Jeremy replied. "It won't be long."
"All right, if you say so." Angelina smiled.
The next day, Angelina and Jeremy continue onward to Olivine City. They're now a day's walk away, but they stop for a lunch break in another small green meadow.
"Flower, Magical Leaf!" Angelina commanded, while Jeremy sat on the pallet and enjoyed some fruit and sandwiches, Angelina was training all five of her Pokemon, "Graveler reflect it with Defense Curl!"
"Bella!" Bellossom jumped into the air and unleashed four razor sharp blade like leaves at Graveler. The rock-head Pokémon curled up in a ball, the leaves 'shinged' against the rock ball and knocked away.
"Good job," Angelina rewarded the two and then looked at Azumarill and Absol, "Spritz use Water Gun!" she then looked at her Absol, "Block it with a Sandstorm!"
"Azu!" Azumarill exhaled a crystal blue jet of icy water aiming at Absol. The disaster pokemon screeched and created a sand veil, blowing the water away.
"Yeah!" Angelina shouted in joy. "Now Charcoal," she looked at Charmeleon who was patiently waiting, "Let's show everyone a Fire Spin!"
"Char…. Meeee!" it exhaled a red-ish orange flame that hit the empty ground and formed an upward, spiral, blazing twister.
"Awesome!" Angelina replied to her pokemon as the Fire Spin died down.
"Hey Angelina," Jeremy caught her attention from the pallet. "You want some food?"
"No thanks," Angelina didn't even turn around.
'Hmm… Angelina sure has been training real hard lately,' Jeremy thought, while eating a sandwich. 'Maybe has something to do with the next gym challenge…. Or something.' He saw at the corner of his eye, mustard drip onto his shirt. He turned around and un-zipped Angelina's bag to get a napkin. "Now where are they?" he looked around and then felt something shake. "Ah!" he jumped to his feet. "What the…. it's the egg." He sat back down and gently removed the shaking egg from Angelina's bag. "Hey Angelina!"
"Yeah?" Angelina asked though she didn't turn around, she was too busy watching her Azumarill and Bellossom bash it out with Water Gun and Magical Leaf.
"Your egg is shaking!" Jeremy smirked.
"Egg-" Angelina thought, "The egg!" she turned around and ran to the pallet quickly, sitting down and holding it, "It's shaking!" she said as the egg moved some.
"We better get to a center, it'll hatch soon!" Jeremy announced.
"Okay," Angelina said as she put the egg on the ground and withdrew all five of her pokemon, "Let's go!" she picked up the egg as Jeremy packed up the pallet and they started to run to the nearest Pokemon Center.
The duo ran for about ten minutes as they came upon a Pokemon Center in the middle of nowhere, it was a large center painted light blue with a big red 'P' above the glass sliding doors, but nothing was around it.
"Let's go!" Angelina stepped forward as the doors automatically opened, she ran to the counter, "Nurse Joy!"
"Where is everybody?" Jeremy asked as he entered, the place was empty.
"Nurse Joy!" Angelina shouted, "Nurse Joy, it's an emergency!" Her cries did no good as no one answered.
"No one is here," Jeremy informed Angelina, "It's totally empty," he was right, the place was like a normal center's lobby with four couches, two four-setter tables, and a video-phone by the desk, where Nurse Joy should be.
"What about the egg?" Angelina asked as she held the shaking object, "I mean -is it going to hatch soon?" as she asked the egg became motionless. "Huh?"
"Maybe it was a false alarm," Jeremy suggested, "Like it's not ready yet."
"I guess so," Angelina sighed, "So we need to get going."
"Hold it," Jeremy stopped Angelina's idea, "Let's take a break," he sat down on one of the couches, "Besides you should call your Professor…." he pointed to the video-phone.
"You're right," Angelina sat the egg down on the counter and walked to the video-phone, "Hm.…" she thought of Oak's number, "Oh yeah," she pressed it in.
As the phone started the screen opened to Oak's lab with him in the center of the screen, "Hello?"
"It's me," Angelina smiled.
"Hello Angelina," Oak smiled back, "How are things going on your journey? And your Charmander?"
"Just fine, professor! And he's fine too, evolved into Charmeleon," Angelina then said, "I've got four badges!"
"Excellent," Oak responded, "But the only Pokemon you've sent so far is Butterfree, Lapras, and Graveler."
"Yeah, I know. I still have five other Pokemon," Angelina told him, "Plus I got another egg back in Goldenrod City."
Oak nodded, then asked. "So where are you headed to? Your mother has been asking me."
"Olivine City," Angelina answered him, "Tell my Mom I'm fine and I love her."
"Of course," Oak finished, smiling. "Olivine hm... Jasmine is the leader there, a powerful, but young Steel-type trainer."
"Yep," Angelina smiled, "I plan on using my Charmeleon on her!"
"Good strategy," Oak looked around the screen and saw Jeremy, "How is your friend?"
"Great," Angelina replied with joy, "He's a good trainer and great traveling partner!"
"That's nice to here," Oak was getting hasty, "I'm sorry to cut our conversation short but I must get going, Professor Elm and Professor Birch from Hoenn are coming over for a convention that Professor Ivy and I are holding."
"That's cool," Angelina finished, "See 'ya later, Professor!"
"Keep in touch," Oak ended the conversation as the screen turned black.
"Everything is fine," Angelina informed her friend as she hung up on the phone. She walked to the counter to get her egg but it was gone, "Hey where's the egg?"
"What do you mean?" Jeremy questioned.
"The egg was here, but now it's gone," Angelina pointed to the missing location.
"I don't know," Jeremy responded, "I never had the egg."
"I know it was here," Angelina said but looking in her bag anyways, "Nope not there either."
"Where could it have gone?" Jeremy asked in confusion.
"I don't know," Angelina said, "But we're not leaving until we find it!" she was about to look around when hearing the automatic doors open. Jeremy and Angelina turned and saw Nurse Joy walk in and was joined by a Chansey that wore a cracked gold object around its neck on a gold chain.
"Nurse Joy!" Angelina cried, rushing over to her.
"What's wrong?" Nurse Joy asked.
"It's my egg…. I set it down on the counter while I was on the phone and when I was done, the egg wasn't there." Angelina explained, teary eyed. "Please tell me you'll help find it."
Nurse Joy smiled. "No need to worry," she reassured and pointed with her free-hand to her Chansey. "My Chansey came back here to get my medical bag and found an egg."
Angelina and Jeremy took a closer look at the Pokemon and noticed a small yellow egg layed inside a small pouch.
"Oh, my egg!" Angelina cried happily. "Thank you so much, Chansey."
"Chansey!" the Pokemon took the yellow egg out of its pouch and handed it to Angelina.
"Yes, thank you," Angelina smiled, her egg returned safely. She couldn't help but wonder about the gold object chained around Chansey's neck. "Um…. That necklace is pretty, was it a gift?"
"Yes, this Chansey received that gold egg-amulet from graduation at a Pokemon Nurse School two months ago," Nurse Joy explained. "A shame that the amulet was cracked in half, but the other half missing remains a mystery."
"I'll say," Jeremy agreed.
"You are more than welcomed to stay here tonight," Nurse Joy suggested. "Not many trainers come by here, but I'm planning to close it down and re-open closer to Violet City."
"That's great!" Angelina said, ecstatically. "I'll be glad to stop by if I re-travel again."
"By the way," Nurse Joy added. "Your egg is going to hatch soon."
"Thanks," Angelina said before she and Jeremy followed Chansey down a hallway to the right of the front desk.
"Chansey!" the Pokemon opened a door, revealing inside a small room with two single-beds and a huge cabinet.
"This'll be fine," Angelina walked into the room, still holding her egg. She took off her backpack and sat down on her bed.
"So Angelina, what did Nurse Joy tell you about that egg?" Jeremy asked, laying down on the other bed.
"Well," Angelina started, but was interrupted as the egg started to shake heavily. "Huh?" she sat the egg on the bed.
"It's hatching," Jeremy was astonished.
"Whoa," Angelina viewed the moving egg, it shook faster and faster then it started to crack at the top. "Yes!" She smiled as two yellow ears with black points popped out of the crack. "Cutie!" she replied as a the baby Pokemon came from the egg.
"A Pichu," Jeremy told Angelina.
"Wow, a Pichu!" Angelina took out her Pokedex and pointed it at the Pokemon.
"Pichu, the Tiny Mouse Pokemon." replied Dexter. "Pichu is the pre-evolved form of Pikachu. It is not very skilled at storing electricity and may send out a stray jolt or two when amused or startled!"
"Aww, so cute," Angelina smiled at Pichu, "Hey sweetie. Your new name from now on is Sparkette!"
"Pi…. chu," Pichu slowly said, looking around. Angelina pat her on the head, "Pi…." Pichu's small body developed small static bolts, shocking Angelina some.
"That was cool," Jeremy laughed. "So you've got a new friend, even Togepi's welcoming him," he observed, as Togepi leapt up and down with joy next to Pichu.
"Yeah, very nice," Angelina said, as she withdrew a Pokeball and nudged it to the electric Pokemon gently, "All right, Sparkette, in you go."
"Chu," Pichu touched the Pokeball with her left paw and was sucked up in the red beam and put into the Pokeball. The button flashed once, then twice, and then made a ping noise, confirming the capture was complete. She picked up the Pokeball and smiled in content, but suddenly it popped open and Pichu hopped onto her shoulder.
Jeremy laughed as Angelina held Pichu in her arms. "Seems like it doesn't like the Pokeball."
"Aww, that's okay, it'll take awhile. You can stay out if you want, Sparkette!" Angelina cooed as the Pokemon yawned and fell asleep. "Looks like I got a Pichu!" she whispered to Jeremy as they got ready to sleep.
§To Be Continued§
*Angelina and Jeremy find a Pokemon Center on the outskirts of Olivine City.
*Angelina's yellow egg hatches into a Pichu
*Pichu isn't ready for a Pokeball just yet.
*Nurse Joy's Chansey wears half of a golden charm egg, the other half is a mystery.
You know the drill, so I shouldn't repeat myself. LOL! Thanks for reading, chapters 17 and 18 on the way!