For the love of a game.
Chapter 2.
Emma pov
Jason and I crept out the door as the professor busied himself. Once outside, the sight of Pallet Town greeted us. It looked like the peaceful little place the show made it appear to be. Jason walked at my side -So where to now? - I shrugged "Ash started by going down Route 1, which should take us to Viridian City. But, I don't think the gym leader is at the gym there yet.
-You seem to know a lot, Emma. - I flinched as I remembered the dangers of player knowledge. "Um, I keep myself up to date on the world." I hoped he bought that when we ran into someone I was hoping not come across until Viridian.
Gary pov
I looked up in surprise to see the young girl from Grandpa's lab, the one who kept giving me the stink eye. She had her puny Charmander at her side; it was glaring at me too. "Geeze, you think I killed your best friend or something. Will you stop glaring?" yet again, she refuses to talk to me. She walks around and past me, her Charmander right next to her.
I growled and went after them. I guess I just wasn't used to a girl looking at me like that. "Hey, I'm talking to you." I grabbed her shoulder to get her to look at me, but the Charmander jumped up and bite my hand really hard. I yelled in surprise and pain as I shook it off. It went flying toward a tree. The girl moved faster than I had ever seen anyone move. She caught the small fire lizard before it could get hurt, but was slammed against the tree in its place.
I winced as her head bounced off the tree and she slid to the ground with a groan. The Charmander crawled out of her arms. "Char!" she girl smiled "M' okay, Jason. Just smarts a bit." She stood back up and glared at me again. "You could have hurt him!" she said angrily. I know it's odd, but I was kind of glad she was saying anything to me at this point. "Look at that, you have a voice."
Emma pov
I growled and picked Jason up. "Stay away from us." I murmured under my breath in hopes he would just go away. Much to my distress and surprise, he walked next to me. "Well, we are both going down the same route. We might as well stick together. Things can get dangerous around here." I started to refuse, when Jason spoke up –As much as I hate to admit it, the guy has a valid point. There are a lot of wild Pokémon out here, and I you got hurt I'm not big enough to get you to safety.-
I sighed "Fine, but only until we get to Viridian City." Without another word I continued walking. Gary caught up with me. "Great, so I never did get your name." I glared at the ground. "It's Emma. Emma Rose." He smiled "Okay, I'm…" I interrupted "Gary Oak, age 10, grandson of Professor Oak. I know." He stared at me, and then smirked "Am I that famous?"
I couldn't resist, he made this too easy. "Yeah, your cruelty toward Pokémon is infamous." I muttered under my breath. Jason laughed and Gary looked confused, he hadn't heard me. "What's that?" I laughed a little and shook my head. "Nothing." I looked up at the sky imagining the different clouds were different Pokémon. I was searching for a Pikachu when Gary pulled me back down to earth. "Hey, you should watch the road. You're going to hit a tree or something."
I grumbled something about him sounding like my mom before looking back at the road. The remainder of the walk was quiet, until Gary saw a flock of pidgey. I watched as he ducked down and sent out his Pokémon. It was a Squirtle. I smiled a bit, but it was gone when he attacked a random pidgey without any warning.
I didn't think it was right. At least in the game or even with Ash the Pokémon are either the first to attack or know that they need to defend themselves. But, Gary didn't so much as whistle to warn the little pidgey as his Pokémon tackled it.
Jason couldn't look as the Squirtle attacked without mercy. I was shaking in fear and sadness, the bird was down. I doubt it could even get back up if it wanted to. "G-Gary, that's enough! It's down!" I cried turning away myself.
I don't think he heard me, because he did call off Squirtle. Desperate to stop the attacks, I used one of my lesser known abilities. In Gary's voice I called to Squirtle. "That's enough, come back." Gary blinked as his Pokémon came back to his side. He looked at me in shock as I ran to the heavily injured pidgey. I gently picked it up and glared at him again. "What is wrong with you?! You'd think being raised around Pokémon you'd know better." I turned to Jason "I don't care how dangerous it is. We aren't traveling with him." I looked at the stunned boy again "He's more dangerous than any Pokémon I have ever known." I turned away from Gary with the little bird type in my arms and ran as fast as I could toward Viridian City. All I could think about was getting pidgey to a Pokémon Center.
