Authors note: Well, here we have episode number 6. Hope you did enjoy the
last one, because it's one of my favourites. This episode focuses around
Ricky.
And another thing.. You might have noticed that I don't describe my
characters, and that's because I want you to picture them in your own
head...
Well, I can't do anything about the Pokémon, since you all know how they
look like...
Well, I'm gonna stop talking...
Enjoy!
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Ricky had a puzzled look on his face as he watched the broken rope-bridge.
"He hasn't gone over here" he said, watching his PokéGears map. "He must have walked around the canyon. Probably, he were on his way to Asale Town."
Ricky sank down on a stone in the middle of a wide, grassy field and started to eat his sandwich. He gave Zigzagoon some crackers, and then he let his eyes wander around the field, in search for a Pokémon he could catch.
There was a group of twenty Tauros eating of the grass, but they were all to strong for Zigzagoon.
After almost half an hour, Ricky spotted a bright-red Pokémon with small wings. It jumped up and down in the grass, hunting butterflies.
"Torchic." The PokéGear said. "A fire Pokémon. It's wings are to small, so it can't fly more than a few metres in a row."
"Zigzagoon!" Ricky said. "Let's take it!"
Zigzagoon jumped towards Torchic, who replied by sending flames, which Zigzagoon barely avoided.
Ricky threw himself to the ground as the flames flied past his head.
"Tackle it, Zigzagoon!"
Zigzagoon threw itself towards Torchic, but the little bird used it's wings to fly up and avoid the attack.
"Pin missile!" Ricky shouted, and he didn't notice that the group of Tauros was stomping in the ground. His screams had frightened them.
Zigzagoons pin missile knocked Torchic to the ground, and the last thing the little fire bird did before it fainted, was to sent a last firebeam towards Zigzagoon.
Zigzagoon jumped aside, and the firebeam instead hit a Tauros.
That was enough to make the whole group mad.
Ricky threw a Pokéball and it catched Torchic with beep. He didn't noticed that the Tauros' where coming his direction.
Ricky looked up, but to late. All he could se before he got knocked off his feets by a Tauros, was how Zigzagoon and the Pokéball disappeared in a cloud of dust.
It felt like being hit by a truck.
Ricky was threwn aside, and he landed in the middle of the horde. He ha dust in his eyes, and he grabbed a Tauros' tail to avoid being crushed under the running horde.
He was dragged after the Tauros as a doll. He bounced up and down on the rocks that was pointing out like knifes from the ground.
Suddenly, he hit a large rock, and the pain were so large that he almost fainted. With all his strenght, he managed to keep his grip around the thin, leather-like tail.
He hit every bone in his body under the ride.
After ten minutes in the Tauros' tracks, the pain were to strong. He felt how the darkness sank in front of his eyes, and he felt how his grip around the tail slipped.
The last thing that crossed his mind before he lost his conscious, was a silent wish that he wouldn't be crushed under the Tauros.
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When Ricky opened his eyes, he could see nothing more than two dim figures.
After a while, the dim figures transformed into a nurse, and a girl in his age.
- You are lucky to be alive, the nurse said with a worried look on her face.
Ricky was to tired to answer. He had a bandage around his left arm, and he couldn't move it.
"You were caught in the middle of the Tauros horde."
Ricky recalled everything and slowly nodded towards the nurse.
"You have a light concussion, and your left hand is broken."
"M-My Pokémon?"
"Oh, you're Pokémon. Yes, they are in the room right next to this one. Stephanie found a Zigzagoon and a Pokéball right next to you."
"How long do I have to stay here?" Ricky asked.
"Oh, only for another three days. The hand will heal in time, and the concussion is about to disappear."
"Thanks."
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When Ricky woke up, it was early in the morning. The sun shone bright through the open windows.
He went to the room next door, and there he found his Pokémon playing with girl from earlier.
"Hi! I'm Stephanie." The girl said smiling. "I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself before. I found you while I was taking a walk on the field. I came here to see how you were doing. "
"Oh, I'm fine" Ricky said, smiling. "Do you have Pokémon too?"
"Yes, but only one." Stephanie showed him a Pokéball. "This is Chansey" she continued, and a Chansey materialized in front of Ricky. "It's my best friend since a year back."
"Where are we?" Ricky asked, and sat down on the floor.
"In Garinola Village. Where are you headed, by the way?"
"I don't know" Ricky honestly said. "I'm looking for my brother Jason. He ran away from the Pokémon School in Altare Town, and I followed him. But I don't know where he is."
"Do you want to return to Altare Town?" Stephanie asked, calling Chansey back into it's Pokéball.
"No" Ricky shook his head. "I don't think so. I must find Jason first."
"Well, Garinola is about 30 kilometres from Altare Town, so it would have been a long walk."
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Ricky dressed very slow because of his arm, and when he finally put on his backpack, he had wasted almost twenty minutes on dressing.
"Well, you look bored, Zigzagoon" he said to his Pokémon as he clipsed Torchics Pokéball onto his belt. "Yeah, I know, I know... I dress slower than baby..."
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Ricky had a puzzled look on his face as he watched the broken rope-bridge.
"He hasn't gone over here" he said, watching his PokéGears map. "He must have walked around the canyon. Probably, he were on his way to Asale Town."
Ricky sank down on a stone in the middle of a wide, grassy field and started to eat his sandwich. He gave Zigzagoon some crackers, and then he let his eyes wander around the field, in search for a Pokémon he could catch.
There was a group of twenty Tauros eating of the grass, but they were all to strong for Zigzagoon.
After almost half an hour, Ricky spotted a bright-red Pokémon with small wings. It jumped up and down in the grass, hunting butterflies.
"Torchic." The PokéGear said. "A fire Pokémon. It's wings are to small, so it can't fly more than a few metres in a row."
"Zigzagoon!" Ricky said. "Let's take it!"
Zigzagoon jumped towards Torchic, who replied by sending flames, which Zigzagoon barely avoided.
Ricky threw himself to the ground as the flames flied past his head.
"Tackle it, Zigzagoon!"
Zigzagoon threw itself towards Torchic, but the little bird used it's wings to fly up and avoid the attack.
"Pin missile!" Ricky shouted, and he didn't notice that the group of Tauros was stomping in the ground. His screams had frightened them.
Zigzagoons pin missile knocked Torchic to the ground, and the last thing the little fire bird did before it fainted, was to sent a last firebeam towards Zigzagoon.
Zigzagoon jumped aside, and the firebeam instead hit a Tauros.
That was enough to make the whole group mad.
Ricky threw a Pokéball and it catched Torchic with beep. He didn't noticed that the Tauros' where coming his direction.
Ricky looked up, but to late. All he could se before he got knocked off his feets by a Tauros, was how Zigzagoon and the Pokéball disappeared in a cloud of dust.
It felt like being hit by a truck.
Ricky was threwn aside, and he landed in the middle of the horde. He ha dust in his eyes, and he grabbed a Tauros' tail to avoid being crushed under the running horde.
He was dragged after the Tauros as a doll. He bounced up and down on the rocks that was pointing out like knifes from the ground.
Suddenly, he hit a large rock, and the pain were so large that he almost fainted. With all his strenght, he managed to keep his grip around the thin, leather-like tail.
He hit every bone in his body under the ride.
After ten minutes in the Tauros' tracks, the pain were to strong. He felt how the darkness sank in front of his eyes, and he felt how his grip around the tail slipped.
The last thing that crossed his mind before he lost his conscious, was a silent wish that he wouldn't be crushed under the Tauros.
............................................................................ .........................................................
When Ricky opened his eyes, he could see nothing more than two dim figures.
After a while, the dim figures transformed into a nurse, and a girl in his age.
- You are lucky to be alive, the nurse said with a worried look on her face.
Ricky was to tired to answer. He had a bandage around his left arm, and he couldn't move it.
"You were caught in the middle of the Tauros horde."
Ricky recalled everything and slowly nodded towards the nurse.
"You have a light concussion, and your left hand is broken."
"M-My Pokémon?"
"Oh, you're Pokémon. Yes, they are in the room right next to this one. Stephanie found a Zigzagoon and a Pokéball right next to you."
"How long do I have to stay here?" Ricky asked.
"Oh, only for another three days. The hand will heal in time, and the concussion is about to disappear."
"Thanks."
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When Ricky woke up, it was early in the morning. The sun shone bright through the open windows.
He went to the room next door, and there he found his Pokémon playing with girl from earlier.
"Hi! I'm Stephanie." The girl said smiling. "I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself before. I found you while I was taking a walk on the field. I came here to see how you were doing. "
"Oh, I'm fine" Ricky said, smiling. "Do you have Pokémon too?"
"Yes, but only one." Stephanie showed him a Pokéball. "This is Chansey" she continued, and a Chansey materialized in front of Ricky. "It's my best friend since a year back."
"Where are we?" Ricky asked, and sat down on the floor.
"In Garinola Village. Where are you headed, by the way?"
"I don't know" Ricky honestly said. "I'm looking for my brother Jason. He ran away from the Pokémon School in Altare Town, and I followed him. But I don't know where he is."
"Do you want to return to Altare Town?" Stephanie asked, calling Chansey back into it's Pokéball.
"No" Ricky shook his head. "I don't think so. I must find Jason first."
"Well, Garinola is about 30 kilometres from Altare Town, so it would have been a long walk."
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Ricky dressed very slow because of his arm, and when he finally put on his backpack, he had wasted almost twenty minutes on dressing.
"Well, you look bored, Zigzagoon" he said to his Pokémon as he clipsed Torchics Pokéball onto his belt. "Yeah, I know, I know... I dress slower than baby..."