Important! I do not own Pokemon nor am I associated with Nintendo or Game Freak.

Chapter 3

Delivery!

Lexi had just had her battle with the evil Rachel and Jonathan and was now ready to get a rest at the Viridian Pokemon Center. Pokemon Centers were located in every major city and healed any Pokemon trainer's Pokemon free of charge. They were also all run by Nurse Joy, a young, pretty, nurse with red hair.

When Lexi entered the Pokemon Center, Nurse Joy was just finishing up with another trainer. "Here your Squirtle, good as new," she said to a boy about Lexi's age. The boy took the Squirtle and sat down at a bench off to the side.

I wonder if that is the new trainer Professor Oak was talking about, Lexi thought. She decided to go talk to him, since she really didn't a have a good conversation with anyone since she started her journey. "Excuse me, are you a new trainer?" she asked the boy.

He looked up at her. "Yeah," he replied. "My name's Jason and I just got my Squirtle a couple of days ago."

"I'm new too!" Lexi said. "I just got a Bulbasaur. Oh, and my name is Lexi." Jason looked interested at meeting this new trainer.

"Well," he said. "If you want to join me, I'm going to go get my first badge!" Jason recalled his Squirtle and put the Poke Ball back onto his belt. He got up and started for the door. "Why don't you get your Pokemon healed and I'll meet you somewhere in Viridian. See you!" Jason walked out of the building, leaving only Lexi and Nurse Joy.

"Hello," Joy said. "How may I be of service for you today?" she asked sweetly. Joy always had a huge smile on her face.

"Can you heal my Bulbasaur?" Lexi asked. "It's been through a lot." Nurse Joy took the Pokemon and healed it on the spot using some machine that Lexi didn't understand. Lexi thanked her and quickly left to go look for Jason.

She found him by the gym, shouting at a man standing by the door. The man looked elderly, and tired as if he were shouted at a lot lately.

"What do you mean the gym's closed?" Jason yelled.

"I'm sorry, young man," the old guy replied. "The gym leader here has left and hasn't returned, you'll just have to wait."

Jason stormed off, looking disappointed that he would have to wait for a gym battle. "Dang, gym leader," he mumbled under his breath. It wasn't until he ran into Lexi that he actually smiled. "Hey, that was fast," he said.

"Well, my Bulbasaur wasn't in that bad of shape," Lexi said. "So, where to next?"

"I think we should go to the Poke Mart, I need some Poke Food," he replied. It was only a short walk to the Poke Mart, as Viridian City wasn't much bigger than Pallet Town. Once they entered, they saw the clerk, Jerry, and a few other shoppers.

All of the Poke Marts were run by men named Jerry, just as all of the Pokemon Centers are run by Joy. All of the Jerry's looked alike, they all were balding, middle aged men, that wore small, circular glasses. Poke Marts were very successful as they sold everything from Poke Balls, potions, to Poke Food.

Jason immediately went to the back of the store to get what he needed while Lexi looked at some of the weird things they sold there. It only took Jason a minute before he came back carrying a small bag of food.

He walked up to the register and put the bag on the counter. Jason then reached into his pocket to grab some money, when he noticed there was none there! "Somebody must have stolen my money!" he said.

"Well," said Jerry. "If you can't pay for it, you can't leave with it."

"But, we really need it," Lexi pleaded.

"Alright, alright," Jerry said. "If you run an errand for me, you can have the food." Jason and Lexi were really excited they could get out of this predicament. "I need this package delivered to Professor Oak in Pallet Town," Jerry told them. "Do you know who is?"

"Of course we do!" they both replied. They grabbed the package and the bag of food and started back to Pallet Town.

"I feel as if all of that walking was for nothing," Lexi complained.

"I want to know what happened to that money," Jason said. He had been thinking what happened to the couple hundred dollars he had saved up to go on his adventure. Maybe I left it at home, he thought.

"I wouldn't be surprised if it was that Rachel or Jonathan," Lexi said as they continued walking. "They wanted to steal my Pokemon and stuff!"

Jason looked really surprised. "You met Rachel too?" he asked. He now realized she may have had her Ekans take it when it wrapped itself around his body. "But who's Jonathan. I didn't meet him"

"Jonathan was yelling at Rachel about not capturing a Squirtle, your Squirtle now that I think about it!" Lexi was surprised that Jason and her had something in common already, their enemy. However, she decided to keep the mystery about Jake to herself.

The trip to Pallet Town seemed shorter this time around to both of them, probably due to the fact that now they had somebody to talk to. Once they reached their destination, they immediately entered the lab. Because Lexi's dad worked there, they were granted immediate access to Professor Oak's private lab.

When they entered, they found Oak looking through a microscope. "Um, Professor," Lexi called. Oak turned around and saw the two of them standing there, he seemed pretty surprised.

"Oh, what are you two doing back?" he asked. "Not returning those Pokemon I hope."

"No, no," Jason replied. "We're just delivering a package." Jason walked over to Oak and handed him the package. Oak opened it and took a Poke Ball out of it. Only, this wasn't colored red and white like regular ones, it was multi-colored.

"This is a special Poke Ball, but I can't tell you what it does. Top secret you know. However you deserve a reward." Oak walked to the back of the room and opened a large cabinet.

"But, the storekeeper already pai…," Lexi started to say.

"Any reward you see fit," Jason interrupted her. Lexi gave him a dirty look, but he didn't seem to care.

"Here they are," Oak said. He didn't seem to hear anything that was going on. Oak pulled two red, electronic devices. "Here are your two Pokedexes, I didn't have any left the first time I saw you." He handed Lexi and Jason the Pokedexes.

"So, these aren't really rewards because we were going to get them anyway?" Jason asked. Lexi punched him in the arm.

"Shut up," she hissed. They both opened and looked into their Pokedexes.

"Those Pokedexes don't only keep track of all of the Pokemon you see and own, that new latest model also tells you all of the moves your Pokemon knows and how much power they have left!" Oak sounded so happy, he was almost jumping up and down. It was kind of pathetic. "Now go, fill up your Pokedexes!" He went back to look into his microscope again.

Jason and Lexi left without saying goodbye, not that Oak said goodbye to them. However, on their way out, Lexi's dad stopped them. "I'm so proud of you both," he said. "Take these with you." He handed them 5 Poke Balls each. Lexi and Jason said thank you and were on their way.

"I'm going to catch the first Pokemon I see," Jason said happily.

Author's Note: I'm sorry that I kind of reviewed what happened earlier, I thought Jason and Lexi should catch each other up. I'm also sorry there were no Pokemon battles, there should be one next chapter, so don't lose heart!