Chapter Three: The Culprit
Blue stared at his unconcious grandfather. He just stood there, staring. But he was thinking, processing this. It had happened before but this time was completely unexpected. Except for the clues... God, the clues! He could have hit himself - he should have been more alert... the signs were set out for him...
"Blue!" Green shook him by the shoulders, "Blue!"
"What?" he said, still staring into space.
"Blue!" Red exclaimed.
Suddenly, Blue snapped.
"Do you know that my grandfather might die becaue of this?" He said icily, not looking at either of his friends.
"N-no..." Green stuttered, taken aback, "no, that can't be..."
Blue laughed coldly, "And how would you know, Green?"
Green looked upset for a moment, but then a spark of fire came into her eyes. "Blue, you are the most-"
"Guys!" Red exclaimed, "I know we're upset, but this is no way to solve this!" He turned to Blue, "How do you know? How can you be sure that Professor Oak's really..." he forced himself to say the word,"dieing?"
Blue waved a hand toward the Professor. "The bite. It doesn't look like much, but it's from a poisonous pokemon. It was probably a high-leveled, well-trained pokemon - making the poison lethal -you can tell by the way the bloodlooks.In fact,the bite'sfrom an Arbok, if I'm correct. Which I usually am. I just don't know how to correct it... you need something really strong. Only doctors have it... God, we need a doctor!"
All three of them cast their gaze down toward the unconcious professor.
"Who would go around with a pokemon that has lethal poison - and then use it?" Green mused.
"There are a lot of people out for my grandfather," Blue said quietly, still not looking at them. "At first I thought it might have been Agatha - after all, she's the one who'd apparently want to kill him."
Green and Red nodded slowly. "So you think that Agatha's getting some serious revenge this time?" Red asked.
Blue shook his head, "As much as I think they hate each other now, I know that they had, well, some kind of relationship. Even though it was so long ago, I think that would keep her from directly killing my grandfather."
"Well, who else would want to hurt him?" Green prodded.
There was silence. "I only know of one other person with such a strong Arbok," Blue said, "and that would be Koga."
"Well, why would he-?"
"Shut up! Green, stop asking questions. We need to find out if Koga's on the boat!" Green looked a bit offeneded. She opened her mouth as if she were going to say something, but then closed it again.
"Where's that concierge?" Red said, looking around. "He must have slipped away while we were talking..."
Blue muttered something under his breath, but before he could even finish the concierge reappered in the doorway.
"Sirs - ma'am -" he said nervously, "I was listening to what you said about poison - I got this doctor to come help..." he stepped aside and a doctor stepped into the room.
The doctor was a nervous looking man with thick, round glasses. He looked at the Professor, then bent down on his knees for a closer look.
"It's poison, all right," he murmured, "Arbok poison." He took a vial of something out of his medicine bag. He applied the opaque, yellow liquid with a cotton ball and closed up the wound with some bandages.
"He should be fine - unconcious for a while because of the bump, but I can't do much for that," the doctor murmered, "good thing I got the antidote to him in time. Lucky I had it on me, I always carry average antidote but this called for something stronger..."
The doctor stood there for a moment, and Blue realized he wanted to be paid. He reached into his pocket and gave the doctor some money, and the doctor left. "Glad to be of service. The name's Eric, by the way..."
After putting laying out his surprising heavy grandfather on the bed, Blue noticed something.
"Where's that concierge?" Blue said, "he was just here a moment ago..."
The concierge reappeared once again. "Sirs and madame!" he said, "After hearing the doctor's anaylasis, we have discovered a passanger on board that fits the qualifications for Proffesor Oak's potential murderess. She's a poison master, and she has a high-leveled Arbok," he fidgeted nervously, "follow me, please."
Red, Blue and Green exchanged bewildered looks. Agatha was on the boat?
The concierge cleared his throat.
"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming..." Blue said. He'd calmed down after realizing that Professor Oak was going to live, but he was still wary. Who knew what else would happen? That was a close call... if it hadn't been for the doctor...
"I'm coming, too," said Red determinedly. Red met Blue's eyes and smiled. Blue grinned back. He could always count on Red... what would he do without him?
"I'm coming, too!" Green said,"As annoying as you can be sometimes, Blue," Green stuck her tongue out, "Red's right. We need to stick together!"
So all three of them followed the concierge to the room. With every step, Blue wondered if he would really be meeting Agatha again... and if not, who was after Professor Oak? Or were they after Professor Oak at all? It was in his room that the Professor had been bitten...
a/n: Ok, kind of a short chapter. Tell me what you think about any sorts of ships... I'm including the more obvious ones (one-sided Red/Yellow, for example), but I'm not sure about any more. It's not like they're necessary to the plot, but maybe some would be interesting. :) Okay, please REVIEW !For more info on this story, check my profile.