Chapter III
I walked along behind Oscar and Jack talking while we walked. "So where are we going?"
"Home," Oscar said. "We're taking you to our house."
"What!" Jack looked frustratedly at Oscar. "We can't take him to the house! He'll be found for sure!"
"Nope," Oscar promised. "I've got it all figured out. We'll hide him in the cellar." Jack just scrunched his face then he just sighed, "forget it. Just keep him away from the others." I just walked on silently for a while before I broke the silence again. "So… others?" Oscar smiled and said, "yep. We've got four other roommates."
"Well uh… if you don't mind me asking what Pokémon are they," I asked.
"An Abra named Zina, an Archen named Archie, a Charmander named Kell, and an Eevee named Ona."
"I hope one day I can meet them. But, uh… out of curiosity, why can't I let them see me?" Jack sighed, "because no human has stepped foot on this island in hundreds of years. The ancient people who lived here are all gone now. So you are really the first trainer ever to step foot here."
"I'm no trainer," I said quietly. "But, I've always wished I could be." Oscar stopped and turned around, "Hey, don't let that get you down. I'm sure any Pokémon would be lucky to have a trainer like you!"
"What about you?" He seemed to think for a moment then said, "if you wanted me to." I smiled, "are you serious!?" He laughed, "yes."
"No," Jack said. "That kid doesn't even have a pokéball. And even if he did, no." Oscar stared sadly at Jack then said, "fine." Only to turn back to me to smile and wink. I chuckled.
We eventually got to the town only for me to shoved into a basket. "Hey! What are you doing?" Jack just shushed me and I watched from under the basket lid as he walked over to a Machamp and asked him to take the basket to his house and put it in their basement. I rode bumping as the Machamp took me to their house and put me in the basement. "What's this," a feminine voice said. The Machamp just shrugged and said, "Jack told me to put this in the basement." I felt myself get taken to the basement and set down. I sighed. Then I heard footsteps. I pushed up out of the basket and said, "hey Jack I was wondering-" I looked down and standing there was a bright orange lizard with a flame on its tail. "So," I said. "I can totally… not explain this." I thought for a moment. "You must be Kell. Oscar told me about you." Kell just looked at me for a moment and fainted on the spot. "Huh," I said aloud. "It was super effective."
Jack and Oscar ran down the stairs and looked at Kell on the floor. "What did you do," Jack shouted. "She fainted," I said calmly. It was at that moment Kell decided to stir. "What happened," she said. She looked up at me and just gasped. "Uh, hello," I said. "I'm not going to hurt you. My name is Felix." She just said quietly, "you're not gonna catch me?"
"Catch you? In a pokéball? No." She relaxed visibly and stood up, "well it's nice to meet you Felix."
"Ditto." Jack sighed and pinched between his eyes, "alright. So no one else will find him, huh Oscar?" Oscar smiled nervously, "well, we just have to keep him here past the fair. Then we can find a way to get him home. That's only what? Three days?" Jack groaned and said, "fine. But, if anyone asks, again, this was YOUR idea!"
"Alright, alright."
Jack just scampered up the stairs grumbling all the way. I stood there for a moment then said, "so, do you have any food?"
Somewhere on the island…
A man in a suit walked off of a boat. "This Island will work very well, very well indeed," The man said with a slight drawl to his voice. Another man in a suit to his right nodded, "we found it about a week ago. It will work very nice as a final destination for the ship."
"Did you see any Pokémon?"
"No sir."
"Shame. Well, I guess it will have to do. I'll be ready in a week."
The men walked back to the boat and pushed off. They rowed up to another boat and climbed aboard. The entire exchange was seen only by them… and a curious wartortle already wondering how to turn the situation in his favor.