Chapter 1: First Rescue

Suddenly, after turning our attention from myself and towards the voice, we saw a worried Buterfree flying towards us. Mighty then said, "Excuse me ma'am, is something wrong?" The Butterfree then said to us, "It's my son Caterpie. He fell into a fissure that opened up after a recent earthquake and hasn't come out yet! I tried to help him, but I was attacked by the local pokemon who lived in the forest!" I then said, "What? Attacked by other pokemon without any warning? That's not right, why would they attack you like that?" Butterfree then said, "They must have been angry about their homes getting destroyed. They must've done it out of confusion. That makes me even more worried about my son!" Vector then stepped up and said, "Don't worry ma'am, we'll help ya out! Come on boys, let's go! Sam, how about you come with and lend a hand?" I blinked, then said, "Sure, why not? This could be fun."

We headed into the large fissure in the forest known as Tiny Woods. This had to be the largest fissure I had ever seen! The earthquake that made it had to have been possibly at a magnitude of 8 or higher to be this big! And sure enough, when we entered we were attacked by a swarm of wild pokemon! Lukelly, they were mostly pretty weak, and even though some had type advantages against us we still fought back against them succesfully. Espio then said, "Don't let your gaurds down yet guys." "Just like the Espio from the Sonic series." I said in my mind as I chuckled softly. after a few minutes, we found the missing Caterpie. It turned around and was a bit scared at first, but Charmy then said to us, "Let me talk to him. I think he'll trust you guys after talking to a fellow bug pokemon." Charmy crawled over to the Caterpie, and said, "Don't worry, we wont hurt you. Your mom asked us to help find you." The Caterpie perked up at this and said, "Oh, thank you! I tried to climb out on my own, but I'm still too young for my feet to stick to walls, and I'm still practicing my String Shot move!"

I then walked up and said, "Ok, let's guide him out the way we came in guys. Caterpie, stick close to us and don't fall behind." Caterpie nodded, and followed us out of the fissure without incident. Butterfree was very, very gratefull, and said, "Please, take this as thanks!" She handed us a couple of gold coins, this at which my eyes lit up like beacons and visibly displayed dollar signs just like in cartoons like Ed, Edd, n' Eddy, or Loony Toons. Butterfree also handed us a few berries such as an Oran Berrie which can heal a pokemon if worn out, and a Pecha Berry which aside from making a great snack can also heal any form of poisoning. Vector then said, "I can honestly say that no reward is nessesary ma'am. "We're just glad the kid's ok!" Butterfree then said, "I insist. Besides, I couldn't carry all the food I had with me anyway. Come on son, let's go home." Caterpie stayed behind a little, and just stared at us with his large eyes. I recognized this look from many animes in the past. He apparently came to admire our kindness, but it was a bit wierd for me, yet it felt right somehow. Caterpie then left with his mom.

After that, Vector and his friends took me to their home which they recently built with their own hands (or silk in Charmy's case since he hasn't evolved into a Beedrill yet). It was a small, almost office-like building minus the air of money surrounding it. Instead, it was a one floor house with several rooms for each of the pokemon I had just met. The outside had a mailbox next to the sidewalk. Vector then said, "This is our home! Sam, after seeing how you handled those wild pokemon, I figured you'd make an excellent part of our group! You see, there have been many natural disasters on this island as of late, and normally humans would repair the damages but they all moved out a LONG time ago. But we used what they left behind to make our own civilization on this island. Since then, many pokemon banded together and formed rescue teams to help keep the peace, and to help those affected by natural disasters. Me and the boys here wanna help out too! For one, pokemon rescue teams are well respected members of any community. Other pokemon look up to them to ensure that no matter what happens, they'll be safe. Second, there's big money in the biz, and that money makes the team stronger in all sorts of ways. Sure there's more to it than money, but ya gotta eat, and pay for supplies for the big jobs."

I took everything that Vector said into my mind, and he had an excellent point regarding the cash. He also said, "But sometimes instead of money, the people we rescue sometimes give us items which we can use on future jobs, so whatever the reward, it helps us help others. Of course, we still do work for free out of kindness, and that usually entitles the very dangerous missions. Item deliveries and escort jobs also fit the job description of a rescue team. Don't ask how, I'm not sure about it myself. Anyway, we wanna be the greatest rescue team EVER. We were actually looking for a fifth member when we found you, so whaddya say?" I thought about it, and said to myself, "perhaps I should help. Besides, Imight find out why I turned into a pokemon in the first place."

I looked up, and said, "Ok, I'm in! What's the first thing we do?" Espio then said, "We don't do anything. We have to wait until we get our badges first, otherwise the official rescue teams will think of us as vigilantes and have us thrown in jail." Vector turned towards his serious friend, and said, "No worries, I got a letter this morning saying tomarrow we'll get our Rescue Team Starter Kit! But before we settle upon that, we have to come up with a name for our team. If we wanna be known, we gotta have a name." Charmy said, "I can't think of anything. What about you Espy?" Espio then said, "Creativity isn't my specialty."

I then thought, "What the heck, They've already got the names." I then said, "How about Team Chaotix?" After Vector's description of a pokemon rescue team, it sounded so much like detective work, which the real Team Chaotix from the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series was famous for. Vector then said, "Chaotix? Odd name, but it seems like a good name to me. What about you guys?" Espio then said, "Well, I couldn't think of anything, so I'll go with it." Mighty then said, "The name may attract potential clients no problem. I like it!" Charmy then began exhibiting his namesake's personality by shouting, "TEAM CHAOTIX, TEAM CHAOTIX!" I chuckled as it reminded me of the Team Chaotix theme from Sonic Heroes.

Vector smiled, showing every tooth in his mouth and said, "Allright, from this day forward, we're known as Team Chaotix!" At this very moment, the Team Chaotix theme song plays in my mind. I was gonna enjoy this.

To be continued...