Original Trainer Adventures
By Asha Leu/Cyclone49
Chapter 2: It isn't stealing if you're not caught.
"Okay, your Pokemon is fighting fit. We hope to see you again." Nurse Joy said, as she handed Bobby his pokeball back. Bobby turned to exit the small Pokemon Center, when Nurse Joy's voice stopped him.
"Hey, what do you think your doing? You haven't paid yet!" Nurse Joy snapped.
"But I thought Pokemon Centers were free." Bobby said.
"Free? It costs us a fair bit of money to heal your Pokemon. We aren't a god damned charity! Now hand over 15 dollars, or we keep your Grimer!" Nurse Joy demanded. Her surprisingly muscular Chansey blocked the door, it's arms folded.
"Chans!" It said in a disturbingly butch voice. Bobby searched through is pockets, but found only two dollars.
"Well, you see the thing about that is..." Bobby started, letting Grimer out of the Pokeball, "I really want to pay you the money, but... GRIMER! USE POUND!" Grimer punched the Chansey square in the stomach, causing it to collapse to the ground (hey, it's a bloody Chansey). Bobby sucked Grimer back into the Pokeball, and ran like hell.
"STOP HIM!" Nurse Joy screamed, and she chased after him. Bobby snuck into a side alleyway, hiding behind some garbage cans, as Nurse Joy ran straight past him. He quickly came out from the hiding place and ran back into the Pokemon Center, which was overrun with other trainers looting it now that Nurse Joy was gone. Bobby stole a couple of potions and pokeballs and then left, making sure to step on the Chansey on his way out.
"YOU!" came a voice. It was Nurse Joy, who had come out of the alleyway and just spotted him. She chased after him, and she would have caught him if it wasn't for a feeble "Chaaan..." that came from inside the Pokemon Center.
"Chansey! What's wrong?" she screamed, running into the Pokemon Center, "Oh dear god, my Pokemon Center! It's been ransacked!" Bobby used this distraction to quickly sneak out of town and onto Route 76, which went through the Mundane Meadows to Defecatus City. It seemed weird for Bobby to be leaving his home already, his home which had so many memories.
As he left Slopbucket Town and started on his journey, he reminisced back to all the things that had happened to him during his life in Slopbucket Town. The time his father left his mum to join the circus. The time his uncle Tracey came to hide out from the Drug Enforcement Agency. The many times Social Services unsuccessfully tried to take him away from his mother. His thoughts were suddenly interrupted by a painful pecking in the back of his neck.
"Argh! What the hell?" Bobby gasped, as he frantically grabbed for the back of his neck. A small, black bird quickly flew off his neck and flew into his face, pecking his eyes.
"Tail! TAILOW!" the bird chirped, biting his nose furiously.
"Grimer go!" Bobby screamed, sending out Grimer. Grimer tried to jump up to grab the Taillow, but not having any legs, it found it a bit difficult. Finally, it simply picked up a rock and threw it at the Taillow.
"Argh! My head!" Bobby screamed.
"Grime." Grimer said apologetically. It picked up another pick, and this time hit the Taillow.
"LOW!" it screeched, flying off.
"Thanks Grimey..." Bobby said, rubbing his head, "Hey, you should try throwing rocks when we are battling other Pokemon."
"Grimer!" Grimer said happily, as the Taillow flew straight into a tree.
"Tail..." it gasped, slipping into unconsciousness. Bobby and Grimer ran up to it. Bobby pulled out a pokeball and sucked the Taillow in.
"Holy crap, I actually caught a Pokemon." Bobby said, staring at the pokeball. He sent out Taillow again, and it lay on the ground, struggling to breathe. He pointed his Pokedex at it.
"Taillow. The tiny bird pokemon. Unlike it's evolved counterpart, which enjoys feeding on Raticates, Sentrets and small children, Taillow's diet mainly consists of small bugs like Wurmples and Caterpies. If a trainer has one of these pokemon, it would be wise to keep them away from the Taillow, as many trainers have awoken one morning to find half a Weedle on the floor and a very fat Taillow next to it." Suddenly, a little kid came running out of the bushes. He was a fresh faced, innocent looking kid of about ten years old.
"Hey, have you seen my Taillow? She flew away from me a couple of minutes ago and I can't find it." The kid said.
"Uh, no, I haven't seen any Taillows recently." Bobby replied, quickly sending Taillow back into his pokeball.
"Okay, but if you see her, could you please come and find me, because she's my first Pokemon and without her I won't be able to catch any other Pokemon and can't go any further on my Pokemon journey." The kid said sadly.
"Yeah, sure," Bobby said, "Good luck finding him." Grimer patted him on the back. The kid walked away, calling out "Taillow!"
"Whew..." Bobby said, sending Grimer back into his pokeball. He walked further down the road. When Bobby was sure the kid was gone, he sent Taillow out, and fed it a potion.
"Tail taillow low tail tail!" it said, which translated to "Hey, you're not my trainer!" Bobby, who could not understand it, sent it back to the pokeball. He continued down the road, watching a Swellow swoop down and catch a Rattata. Suddenly, he was knocked to the ground.
"Sorry about that!" A female voice yelled, panicked, "But there are about six Raticates after me and I think they want to eat me!" Bobby quickly got up to see an attractive twelve year old girl with blue hair run past him into the bushes on the side of the road. A petrified looking Pichu followed.
Screams of "RATICAAAAAAATE!"came from the bushes on the other side of the road. Bobby quickly ran after her, scared out of his mind.
"What the hell did you do to make them angry?" Bobby yelled as they ran through the undergrowth.
"Well, I'm trying to make my Pichu stronger so it will evolve into a Pikachu, so I've been making it attack lots of Rattatas. Anyway, one of them managed to escape, and next thing I know, there are all these Raticates after me." The girl replied. They kept running, the Raticates in hot pursuit, until Bobby spotted a small cave.
"In here." he said, dragging the girl into the cave. The Raticates ran past a couple of seconds later.
"Thanks..." the girl said breathlessly.
"Well, we should be safe in here," Bobby said, really hoping the wetness in his pants was just sweat, "Anyway, I'm Bobby."
"I'm Katie. Katie Waterflower. I'm from Port Deranged." the girl replied.
"Hey, I know that place," Bobby said, "It was on the news after that guy killed all those people on Christmas Eve."
"Wow, really?" Katie said excitedly, "My house could be seen on that news report. Uncle Stan used it to hide all the bodies. At first we just thought the smell was my older brother's Weezing, but after my little sister Sally found one of the dead bodies in her closet we realized what had really happened. Unfortunately, by then Uncle Stan had escaped. It took seventeen Federal Marshalls to bring him down." Bobby simply stared at her, unsure of how reply. Katie sniffed the air for a second.
"Eww... you really stink. Have you ever tried deodorant?" Katie asked.
"Heh, actually, that's my Grimer." Bobby said, sending out Grimer, who reached out to shake Katie's hand. She shook it, then immediately regretted it as she wiped the shit off her hands on the cave wall.
"So, are you a Pokemon trainer as well?"
"Uh, I guess," Bobby said, "I've only just started out though."
"Yeah, me too," Katie said, "My mean dad didn't want to me to become one. He actually wanted me to complete Primary School and go to High School instead, can you believe that? He seemed to think that training Pokemon was a pointless profession. God, I hate him."
"Yes, what kind of, uh, horrible parent would stop their children from leaving home at the age of twelve to wander around the countryside on their own?" Bobby said.
"I know, that's what I said!" Katie replied, missing Bobby's sarcasm, "But, anyway, one day I drugged my dad and escaped my house, and then I went over to Professor Tree's lab and stole Pichu here, so I could begin my great Pokemon journey! So, are you heading to Defecatus City too?"
"Yeah, I guess so." Bobby said.
"Cool, do you want to travel with me?" Katie asked.
"Uh, okay." Bobby replied, making a mental note to make sure Grimer guards him while he's sleeping.
"So, do you have any other Pokemon besides Grimer?"
"Well, I have a Taillow," Bobby said, sending them Taillow out. Taillow immediately tried to fly away from this strange person who wasn't her trainer, but Grimer quickly pinned her to the ground.
"Oh, you have a Taillow!" Katie said, "Aww, it's so cute. You know, some kid nearby lost his Taillow. He's really depressed about it now too, he was going on about how it has completely destroyed his ambition to be a Pokemon Trainer."
"Oh, uh, that's really sad," Bobby replied, as Grimer struggled to hold Taillow. Bobby quickly sent her back into the pokeball, and peeked outside the cave, "So, do you think those Raticates are gone yet?"
"I think it might be wise to stay in the cave for a little longer," Katie said.
"Yeah, that's probably safer-" Bobby was cut off from a large roar from within the cave.
"Uh oh..." Bobby muttered, as they turned around to see a particularly large Ursaring standing right behind them.