Chapter 25: I Think We're Being Followed
Aaron's idea was to follow Andy and Marie to see how far they would go. He stayed not far behind them.
After two days of traveling,
"I'm really getting worried." Marie told Andy.
"Me too. I would have thought we'd run into him by now." Andy agreed.
"Maybe he went by a different route." Marie suggested.
"Knowing Aaron, I doubt it."
"Maybe we should wait here." She said.
"I just hope another chandelier didn't fall on him."
"Don't joke about that. That was WAY too close."
"Tell me about it. I was getting worried about what to tell his Dad. "Hi Mr. Ketchem. It's Andy. I have some bad news. A chandelier fell on your son in the Lavender Tower when he was trying to capture a ghost pokemon and killed him.". He'd kill me."
"Andy? Do you think we're being followed?"
"Prepare for trouble."
"And make it double."
"Not again." The two trainers sighed.
"How many times must we tell you? DON'T interrupt the motto. Where's your twerpy boyfriend with the Pikachu?" Heart said to Marie.
"Got us." The others said.
"And he's NOT my boyfriend" Marie added
"Oh well. To keep the world from desolation,"
"To bond all peoples in every nation,"
"To condemn the evils of truth and love,"
"To extend our reach to the sky above!"
"Pearl,"
"Heart,"
"Team Rocket, blasts off at the speed of light!"
"Surrender or prepare to fight."
"Mankey"
"I wish Aaron was here." Marie said.
"CHARIZARD! GO!" Andy called his Pokemon
"CHAR!" (What do you need?)
"FLAMETHROWER!"
"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!" ding
"And they make us do all the work." Aaron whispered to Static. "They're perfectly good trainers themselves."
"Pi" (Yeah)
"Well Andy, we might as well get a move on and check Lavender."
"Alright Marie. We need to find your boyfriend."
"Watch it." She threatened.
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That evening after making camp,
"Andy, do you have the feeling we're being followed?" Marie asked again.
"Yeah. Do you feel it too?"
"Yeah. ALRIGHT WHOEVER YOU ARE! COME OUT BEFORE I USE MY…DRAGONITE ON YOU"
"You have a Dragonite?" Aaron asked grinning as he stepped out into the open
"Aaron?" she said as she, to Aaron's delight,calmed down.
"WHERE IN KANTO HAVE YOU BEEN!"
Or not.
"Well, after you guys went running for your lives, it took three days to get back to Saffron. Then, when I found you guys, I followed you."
"You were the one following us?" Andy asked.
"Yeah. Nice job getting rid of Pearl and Heart."
"Thanks."
"Well, tomorrow, we'll go back to Saffron so you can try again…" Marie started.
"No need." Aaron interrupted showing the badge.
"You did it?" the two older trainers asked.
"Yep. Gastly put up a great fight."
"I thought…" Andy started.
"I caught it after you two started your race." Aaron laughed.
"Oh Aaron." Andy remembered. "I talked it over with my Eevee, and when we were in Celadon, I bought this."
Andy was holding up a red stone.
"Is that a…?" Aaron started to ask
"Yes. It's a fire stone. I wanted to wait for you to show you how they work. EEVEE! COME ON OUT!"
"Vee?" (Yeah Andy?)
"Are you ready for this?" Andy asked.
"Vee." (Yes.)
"And you're sure?"
"Vee" (Yes)
"Ok"
Andy placed the stone near Eevee and it started to glow.
"Flareon" (It worked)
"Flareon. The Flame Pokemon. It fluffs out its fur collar to cool down its body temperature, which can reach 1650 degrees."
"Congratulations Andy. You're one step closer to becoming a fire gym leader." Marie said.
"Thanks Flareon"
"Flare" (No problem)
TBC