Chapter 2 Machoke
The doorbell rings again and Red waits for an answer by now he is jumping mad he has rang the bell so many times and no one has answered, he normally wouldn't care but he had psyched himself up and convinced himself that he must do it and now he couldn't. He banged on the door as he lost his temper and banged on the door 'Open up I know you're in there'. Red quickly regained control of his temper and decided he might as well try the handle, he placed his hands on the knob and slowly turned it and was a little surprised that the slowly crept open opening into a massive laboratory.
Red walks around the room looking at the huge machines what shined in the light which streamed through the windows, lights flashed on and off on the machine and computers calculated numbers. Red figured Oak would have to leave his computers on all the time to gather information on pokemon. Speaking of pokemon, Red noticed pokeballs lining the walls and a giant circular table in the centre of the room containing three concave holders that pokeballs were supposed to sit in two were empty but one contained a pokeball. Red couldn't resist seeing what pokemon was inside so he quickly cast a glance around as he grabbed the ball and lifted it from its holder.
Red looked inside the pokeball through the clear button on the front to see a Bulbasaur which smiled at him happily, 'Hey Buddy' said Red as he pressed the button to release the pokemon which seemed happy to be out of it's ball. 'This is Poliwhirl' said Red as he released the pokemon who smiled happily at Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur didn't return the smile and growled angrily at the Poliwhirl which shocked red before realisation of the problem came over him. Red never got to act on his idea as he was grabbed forcefully from behind.
'I have you now thief!' yelled Professor Oak as he picked Red from his feet. Red yelled in surprise and kicked his feet out accidentally hitting a large red button which caused the pokeballs that surrounded them on the shelves to spring open releasing all the pokemon into the now very crowded lab.
'Look what you've done now' growled Oak with a look of rage on his face 'Help me round up my pokemon and then we'll deal with the problem of you trying to steal one.'
'I wasn't trying to steal it' insisted Red as he returned some of the pokemon to their pokeballs.
'Oh no the window is open!' screamed Oak as he saw several pokemon leaping and flying through the window. 'I demand you capture the loose pokemon on my land and don't try and run away I'll switch the electricity on to the electric fences' said Oak as a Pidgey flew over his head and dropped a little white present across his face which caused him to fume even more, Red took the hint and slowly exited the lab.
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An hour later Red returned soaking wet, covered in bee stings, his jeans were ripped and he seemed out of breath. 'Got them' he said with a sigh as he dropped down into a heap on the floor.
'There are still three missing' said Oak as he counted the last of the balls, they must have gotten off the land before the power was turned on on the fences my bet is they're heading fro Viridian city'.
'I'll go get them' said Red as he made his way to his feet slowly, he wasn't used to being ready for bed at this time of the morning but right now he would love to go home and climb under the covers.
'Oh no you don't, if I let you go, you'll disappear and not come back. I'm coming too' said Oak as opened a door and pulled out of the cluttered closet two old bicycles.
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'I wasn't stealing your pokemon' yelled Red again as he rode angrily behind Oak.
'Well even if you weren't you had no right to be in my lab with my Bulbasaur' countered Oak which had Red stumped because it was true he shouldn't have been in the lab.
'I wanted to talk to you about Bulbasaur actually…' said Red before Oak cut him off.
'Look there its Meowth and Oddish' said Oak as he popped out one of the pokeballs he was carrying and ordered Oddish to return, Red did the same with Meowth and handed the ball over to Oak.
'Only Bulbasaur left' said Oak as he began to free wheel down the hill towards Viridian City which sprawled out in front of them.
'This guy is never going to listen to me' sighed Red as he pushed off and rocketed down the hill after Oak.
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Red slams his breaks on as hard as he can and comes to a stop outside the abandoned Viridian gym where Oak stands angrily waiting for him. 'I just saw Bulbasaur going in there but I cant fit through the open window so you'll have to go and then open the door for me.'
'Okay but when we get Bulbasaur back we have to talk' said Red as he leaned his bike against the wall and stood on it to reach the window and began to pull himself through.
Red landed with a thud in the darkened room which was full if sticky spider webs, the musty smell hit him and he coughed as he began to walk to the door to allow the professor in. He pulled on the door with all his might and it slowly began to crack open.
'Bulbasaur' yelled oak as he searched around the battle room for the little grass pokemon, 'there you are' said Oak as he saw Bulbasaur in the corner looking like he was trying to hide. Oak approached only to be hit with a gentle vinewhip as if warning him to keep away from him. 'What's wrong Bulbasaur?' asked Oak before angrily turning to Red 'What did you do to my Pokemon?'
'I didn't do anything' yelled Red in his own defence 'like I've been trying to tell you all morning Bulbasaur doesn't like being cooped up in the lab all day he wants to go on adventures, I realised that when I first saw the look on his face when he met Poliwhirl…he was jealous'.
Bulbasaur trotted happily up to Red who stroked him on his head much to the seed pokemon's joy 'Oh I'm sorry I didn't realise' said Oak, he was just about to say something else but was interrupted by a loud growling noise behind him, he turned to see a giant muscular angry looking Machoke staring at the three.
Machoke throws a punch which Oak only manages to dodge causing Machoke's fist to slam into a concrete post which lads on Oak pinning his leg to the floor, he screams in pain. Machoke surges forward towards Red and tries to punch him in the face, red flinches but the punch doesn't come, he opens his eyes to see Bulbasaur holding Machoke back with its vines, red quickly jumps out of the way.
Bulbasaur and Machoke battle on attacking each other as Red looks on nervously trying to come up with a plan to save the little pokemon and himself. Red notices the stream of sunlight coming through a clean area of the dirty windows that he caused when he used it to hoist himself into the room wiping the dirt away by accident. He quickly grabs one of the rocks from the broken plinth and throws it through the glass in the window causing sunlight to stream through, he repeats his idea with the bigger window ext to the broken one which casts a huge beam of light across the battle going on causing Bulbasaur's bulb to glow, Bulbasaur releases his ultimate attack Solarbeam which plows into Machoke driving it hard into a wall fainting it instantly.
Red and Bulbasaur help Oak out from under the rubble and towards the door, 'that was a great strategy how could you tell that Bulbasaur knew that attack?' asked Oak as he flinched from the pain and the bright light that hit his eyes when he exited into the bright outside.
Red blushed a little and smiled a weak smile 'I didn't' he laughed a little 'I just thought that sunlight would make the plant pokemon stronger.' Oak let out a big belly laugh and continued on his way with Red's help to the pokemon centre where he was sure despite him being human they would help his leg.
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Oak was all bandaged up as Red and Bulbasaur entered the room he was resting in smiling. 'I've been thinking about Bulbasaur' said Oak with a smile. 'I'm going to let him go on your journey with you if that's what he wants' said Oak with a look at Bulbasaur who nodded happily. 'Well then good look you two and please keep in touch, I'll be fine to get home by myself.'
Red and Bulbasaur smiled at Oak and each other before turning to leave, red quickly halted and turned to Oak 'I just remembered why I was at your lab…What does it take to be the worlds greatest pokemon master?' asked Red.
Oak smiled warmly and thought for a second of a way to express his thoughts 'Well first of all it takes this' said Oak as he handed a small red device to Red 'this is a pokedex it's like a pokemon encyclopedia 'really though many people think power and training make them great but to be a true master you need more…a caring heart and devotion between pokemon and trainer are the keys to success. Now good luck and get going before I change my mind' said Oak with a smile as he shook reds hand before Red and Bulbasaur leave the room on their journey.
To be Continued…