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Chapter 3: Start!

Zack's Bulbasaur lay in the infirmary. It was all cut up, and had numerous burns and bruises.

"Thanks a lot, Mark. You almost killed my first Pokemon." Zack said angrily

"Hey, not my fault your pokemon's so wimpy." Mark replied. "My Charmander is awesome!"

"Your Bulbasaur should be okay, but take it easy next time." Professor Oak said as he brought in the injured plant Pokemon. It had a patch over its head, and it looked okay.

"Can we go already?" Mark questioned impatiently. "I'm growing bored with this sappy talk."

"Well, if you're sure your ready…" Professor Oak said.

2 hours later…

The three trainers waved goodbye to the Professor. He waved back, after informing them about everything there was to know about Pokemon. The 3 exited Pallet town, and their adventure began.

"I'm hungry." Zack whined.

"Did ya bring any food?" Mark questioned.

"No"

"Ha! You can't have any of mine then!" Mark taunted as he pulled a tantalizing roll of bread out of his backpack. Zack drooled.

"Hey, if he's going with us, we might as well share with him!" Rebecca said as she grabbed the roll out of Mark's hands.

"HEY! That was mine!" Mark said as Rebecca broke off a piece of the bread and gave it to Zack.

"Hush up!" Rebecca yelled. "Anyway, this is a good time to stop. We need food if we want to get any further. Go, Squirtle!" Rebecca said as she threw a Poke Ball. It contained a Squirtle, a tiny turtle.

"Squirtle!" The Pokemon said as it grabbed part of the roll that Rebecca offered to it.

"Come on out, Charmander!" Mark yelled. The bright-orange lizard joined in on the feast.

"Time to kick it up a notch! Go, Bulbasaur!" Zack threw his Poke Ball and out popped Bulbasaur. It used its vines to grab a slice of bread that was offered to it.

"Pidgey?" Said a voice from the bushes. A light colored bird jumped out, and started to run toward the bread.

"A Pidgey!" Rebecca noticed. "One of the great Pokemon for beginning trainers!"

"I'm gonna catch it!" Zack yelled. "And… Where did it go?" The Pidgey had in fact, flown off at the sound of Zack's voice. "Darn it! Next time I… What's that?" Another rustling sound came again from the bushes. "I'm gonna get you now!" Zack yelled as he threw a rock at the figure.

"Ekans! Hissssss…" Said a new voice from the bushes. The rock had hit a wild Ekans. It fell down in pain, and Zack proceeded to capture it.

"Go, Poke Ball!" Zack yelled as he threw the ball. It enveloped the snake Pokemon in a flash of light, and it was gone.

"Thunk. Thunk. Thunk. Thwink!" The ball made the telltale sign that the Pokemon was captured.

"Yes! My first Pokemon!" Zack yelled in triumph. Suddenly, a lot of hissing began.

"Uh oh. I think we've stumbled onto an Arbok nest. This could get nasty. The Pokemon you caught was one of their babies. Arbok are also fiercely territorial. Thanks a lot, Zack." Mark said as the hissing grew. Suddenly, a head popped out of the grass. It looked like a menacing cobra. Right after that, more heads popped out, all cobras or rattlesnakes (Ekans).

"This looks bad…" Rebecca said as they started coming forward.

"Arbok! Bok!" Yelled one of the cobras.

"Back off very slowly. They will strike if you run."

"I think we need to run…"

"Good idea." Mark said as he started running away from the snakes.

"Hissss!" Said one of the snakes as another lashed out at Mark. It just barely missed. The fanged Pokemon fell to the ground, and its comrades rushed forward to protect it. Rebecca and Zack started running. Another force of snakes rushed forward to attack the intruders.

The 3 trainers were running near a river. Zack had let out his Bulbasaur to defend everybody. But the Arbok were catching up. And his Bulbasaur was still hurt from the battle with Mark. The Arbok were right on their tail. The group kept running until they spied a trainer going fishing.

The trainer had a bike with him, which would be an invaluable asset to them. "Sorry, need to borrow your bike! I'll give it back to you someday!" Zack said as he jumped on the bike.

"Hey, that's my bike!" The boy trainer said. "This is exactly the same thing that happened to my mother!"

"You go ahead. We'll stay and fight off the Arbok!" Mark said as he released his Charmander. "Your Bulbasaur is hurt badly."

"Okay!" Zack said as he put the plant Pokemon in the bike seat. And the new trainer started riding the bike, not knowing of what lay ahead of him, and wondering if he would ever see his friends again…

to be continued…