9/11/05 - 10/6/05

Hello! This is my 4th chapter. I will try to make it long. Here it is!

Chapter 4: In The Storm

Torchic was lost and knew it,too. Torchic didn't know which way was back and started to run around in circles. All of the sudden a rain drop hit Torchic on the head. Torchic stopped running around and looked up. One raindrop after another started falling down.

Meanwhile Pikachu was hot on the trail. The scent was getting stronger. Pikachu was now in a sprint-run. He's close I know it! Pikachu thought excitedly. Then Pikachu felt something wet touch his back. Pikachu stopped and looked up. It was raining. Very quickly it started to rain harder and harder and it started to thunder. Uh oh. Pikachu thought. This is not good. Pikachu looked ahead. But I have to find Torchic. Pikachu glared at the storm and thought, No storm is stop me from finding my friend. Pikachu kept going ahead. He was determined to find Torchic. No matter what.

Meanwhile Torchic was trying to run from the storm, but it was having no luck. Torchic was scared out of its wits because it didn't know what was going on. Torchic was running as hard as it could trying its best to find something that could protect it from this wettness. Then Torchic spotted something and it started to run towards it.

Pikachu was having a bad time trying to find Torchic. Pikachu was right on track until he lost the scent. Now Pikachu had to rely on it's instincts. He knew he was lost and too far away to go back to the trainers. Pikachu decided to keep going forward. Pikachu was doing ok going forward, but when he came to a river he was confused.

Haven't I seen this river before. Wait. Yes, I have. We passed it this evening before we got lost. Oh No! I've gone backwards! Pikachu did a U-turn and started sprinting the other way. Somehow, something inside him told him that he was off track. He started to going as fast as his four feet could carry him.

What Torchic had spotted was a dead tree with a hole in the middle. Probably made by a pokemon. The problem was that Torchic was having a little trouble climbing the tree to get to the hole. Torchic was trying its hardest, but it was no use. Finally after a lot of jumping and scratching and splinters sticking in it's skin Torchic had made it in. Torchic sighed heavily. It was so happy to find some shelter till the storm wore away. Torchic looked around at it's dark surroundings and sensed that it was not alone. Red dots appeared suddenly in the darkness making the hair rise on Torchic's back. There came a loud and scratchy crow from the darkness and then Torchic found itself trying to protect itself from their sharp pecks.

Torchic was able to make the big jump out of the hole and started to run through the pouring-down rain and the loud thunder and the striking lighting. The dark things with the red eyes flew out and started chasing Torchic. The lighting flashed once more and you could see that the things were actually Sparrow who were just as scared as Torchic was of the storm. Torchic kept running and never looked back.

Pikachu wasn't as scared as Torchic was of the storm. The only thing he was scared of was the Beedrill that were pursuing him. Pikachu was very sorry for whatever it did that made them mad enough to tail him is such an intensified storm. The worse part about it was that they were chasing him in a direction that was heading to who knows where. Pikachu wasn't really thinking about which direction he was going just as long as those beedrill don't catch up to him. Lighting struck the sky and lighted it up like a light bulb while the rains filled up ditches and socked anything under it. Would it every stop?

Well how was it. I hope it wasn't to bad. I tried to make it longer, but I had an idea about the next chapter. My idea was to make the next chapter all about Ash and the others finding out that Torchic and Pikachu are gone and now they have to go look for them. Looks like this bad luck is getting worse. Also there is bad luck happening here in Florida. More hurricanes! Great! T - T First Katrina, and now Rita! It maybe a tropical storm now, but you wait. It'll turn into a hurricane faster than you can say arrivaderci! Ha! Let's see you pronounce that italian word right! You better know the italian pronunciation if you plan on saying it right. Until next time. ; )

Note: I wrote this before Rita became a hurricane.