Last time on Pokemon EX, Kevin and Mike found a Pikachu who was injured by Pidgey and Spearow. They rushed to Viridian City to get him to the Pokemon Center, however the Pidgey and Spearow continued to follow and attack them. Amanda came into the picture and scared them off, for a little bit but they kept coming back until Pikachu finally scared them off for good with a Thunder attack and shortly the trainers found Viridian City
Chapter Three: A Pika-Emergancy
Three trainers reached their destination they'd been aiming for that whole day. They were tired, worn out tremendously after all the running they had to do all day, however, they didn't care. They had to get the yellow electric mouse accompanying them to that very destination. No time to spare as they ran inside the Pokemon Center in Viridian City.
"Nurse Joy, Nurse Joy!" Kevin screamed throughout the building. A woman in her mid to late 20s came out of a room, yawning and stretching. She had elegant red hair with two big loops tied a the back of her head, one on each side of her head. A small nurse's cap accompanied her head that had the red emergancy cross in the middle. Her nurses outfit was that of a pearl white while her apron was pure snow white. She looked sleepy, prohaps she just dozed off minutes before the trainers barged into the center.
"What is it kids?" she asked, yawning. "It's kind of late."
"It's this Pikachu," Kevin said, holding up Pikachu for the nurse to see. "It was being attacked by a bunch of Pidgey and Spearow. It needs help right now!"
"Oh, poor little thing," she said sadly. "I'll take it right away. Chansey, let's go!"
The bright pink Pokemon with and egg in her front pouch on her stomach followed the nurse into the O.R. room. Above the doors, a light-up sign with a picture of a needle turned on.
'Pikachu, you'll be well soon,' Kevin was still very worried about Pikachu.
Mike broke the tense silence shortly after Pikachu was rushed off into the O.R. "I think I'm gonna go practice a bit with Pidgey before I go to bed, see you guys later."
"Okay," Kevin said watching Mike run out of the Pokemon Center. Kevin sat on the bench by the O.R. room and stared at the tile flooring in silence. Amanda sat next to him, she said nothing. She began to fall asleep but she tired desperately to fight it. Even though it looked like Kevin was focused only on the floor, he had noticed Amanda sitting next to him and falling asleep.
"Maybe you should get some sleep," he said with concern.
"Nah, I'm good," Amanda replied, smiling.
"Are you sure?" Kevin asked, he was still concerned.
"Yeah," she said. "So anyway, where are you from?"
"I'm from Pallet Town," he answered. "What about you?"
"Really?" Amanda shouted, surprised. "I've never seen you around."
Kevin looked at her confused. Now why would she say something like that?
"I'm from Pallet Town too," she finally answered.
"No kidding?" Kevin asked, he was surprised as well. "Well I never really went out that much and when I did, it was just across the street to Mike's house."
"Mike's from Pallet Town too?" Amanda asked. She wanted to know a little more about her new friends.
"Yep," replied Kevin. "We're best friends and we basically grew up together."
"That's great," Amanda said with a smile. Silence over took the two trainers once again as Kevin's mind drifted off back to Pikachu, awaiting any news about him.
A boy was standing in a vacant field just behind the red and white colored Pokemon Center building. He gripped two Pokeballs firmly in each of his hands.
"Alright, Bulbasaur and Pidgey, come on out!" the boy yelled as he threw the two Pokeballs. One revealed a green animal with a green bud on his back while the other revealed a small brown, white and baiged patterned feathered bird.
"Bulbasaur!" the green Pokemon said happily. The Pidgey just cooed.
"Alright Pidgey, time to see what you've got!" exlaimed Mike. "Pidgey, use Gust!" Pidgey flapped its wings as hard as he could, kicking up a small tornado of dust-filled wind, aiming it toward the Bulbasaur. Without being told what to do, the whirlwind hit Bulbasaur, causing major damage since Grass-types were weak against Flying-types.
"Bulbasaur, you've got to pay attention!" scolded Mike. "Pretend this Pidge is wild and I'm no where in sight, okay?"
"Bulba!" he said while nodding. It released two green vines from within its bulb on its back and tried to wrap the Pidgey.
"That's it! Pidgey, dodge!" the trainer commanded. The Pidgey just flew out of the way and flew back around. "Now go in with a Peck attack!" Pidgey flew straight toward Bulbasaur, however, Bulbasaur was ready for the attack this time and used his vines to jump out of the way.
'That's the spirit Bulbasaur.' "Now Pidgey, use Quick Attack!" ordered Mike. Pidgey started flying at high speed, the small bird flew right into Bulbasaur, hard, knocking the poor grass Pokemon over.
"Bulbasaur!" it yelled.
"Now Wing Attack!" Mike ordered. Pidgey's wings lit up and the bird flew right into Bulbasaur, hitting the grass-type with both its wings. Bulbasaur ended up on his back.
"Bulba! Bulbasaur!" it yelled, trying to get back on his feet.
"Alright Pidgey, finish this up with Gust!" Pidgey prepared for the attack but Bulbsaur got back onto his feet and quickly released two vines right for Pidgey. It was so quick, it knocked the bird right into the ground. Pidgey tried his best to get back up but couldn't and fainted.
"Damn," Mike said, surprised at Bulbasaur's quick thinking. "Pidgey nice work, you did great, return!" he said, raised his Pokeball and the red beam brought Pidgey back into his Pokeball.
"You did wonderful too Bulbasaur. You deserve a nice rest," Mike complimented on Bulbasaur as the Pokemon was returned into his Pokeball.
Mike checked the time, it was already past midnight. 'I should get back to the Pokemon Center and see how Pikachu's doing.' Mike ran back toward the front of the Pokemon Center to see if anything new had developed about Pikachu's condition.
The lit needle sign just above the O.R. doors turned off. Kevin and Amanda, who were waiting at the doors, stood up and stared at the doors, waiting for Nurse Joy to come through. It felt like hours to Kevin but the nurse finally came out of the double doors along with the egg storing pink Pokemon.
"Is Pikachu going to be alright, Nurse Joy?" Kevin asked, dying for an answer.
The nurse looked up and him and smiled. "He sure is. It's a good thing you got him here when you did, it could of have been a lot worse if you had shown up any later."
"That's good to hear," the young boy said, relief hitting him. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," Joy said while smiling. "You two should go get some rest, you can visit Pikachu in the morning."
"Okay," the two trainers said in unison.
They began walking down the lit up hallway to where all the trainer bedrooms were located. They reached the front lobby when Mike ran inside.
"Hey guys, whare are you going?" he asked, curious.
"We're going to go ahead and get some sleep, we're beat," Kevin answered.
"Yep," Amanda added.
"Cool, so is Pikachu going to be alright?" Mike asked changing the subject.
"Yep," Kevin said happily. "We're going to be able to visit him in the morning."
"Awesome," Mike said. He sounded like he wasn't so enthuisastic but that might be because he was just as tired as Kevin and Amanda.
"So how did your training go?" Kevin asked. He had been wondering what went on for a while now as he tried to keep his mind off Pikachu when he was waiting for an answer to his condition.
"It went well," Mike began explaining. "That Pidgey I caught is pretty gutsy and pretty strong, he almost beat Bulbasaur."
"That's pretty awesome," Kevin said. He regreted asking the question, he didn't really care at this point since he was so damn tired.
"Yeah I know," Mike said and he had noticed the tone in Kevin's voice. "I think it's time we all went to be now, I'm tired as well."
They walked into the hallway where all the trainer rooms were located and each chose a room for themselves. They said their goodnights to each other and entered their rooms. Quickly climbing into their beds and soon they were all fast asleep.
Morning quickly arrived and the sun shined brightly in one of the rooms, causing the creature stirring in the bed to wake up.
"Morning already?" he asked himself. "Sheesh."
The boy got up and changed out of his pajamas and into his regular clothes. He finally remembered where he was and why he was there in the first place.
"I think I'll go see if Nurse Joy is up yet," Kevin said, leaving the room. He entered the lobby and found Nurse Joy sitting at the front desk, staring into a computer screen. She turned around to throw a piece of paper away and noticed Kevin coming out of the trainer bedroom area.
"Oh," she said, surprised to see the trainer up so early. "Good morning Kevin."
"Good morning Nurse Joy, has Pikachu awakened yet?" he asked. The boy was egar to see the Pikachu he saved.
"Why yes he has," she answered. "I bed you would like to go see him now, wouldn't you?"
"Yes, please!" Kevin yelled, excited.
The nurse smiled and motioned Kevin to follow her. "Okay, right this way."
They entered the I.C.U room door just behind the desk. They yellow mouse was laying on a small bed, when he saw Kevin, he became happy.
"Pikachu, Pi-!" he said happily.
"Hey there little guy, feeling okay now?" Kevin asked with extreme care in his voice.
"Pika!" he said, nodding.
"Well that's good to hear," Kevin said with a little laughter.
Meanwhile, Amanda and Mike woke up and walked into the lobby. Nurse Joy was there to greet them.
"Good morning you two," she greeted.
"Good morning Nurse Joy," the two greeted back in unison.
"How's Pikachu?" asked Mike.
"Follow me," the nurse said.
The two entered the room with Kevin who was talking to the electric mouse.
"It looks like Pikachu's doing a lot better," Mike said happily.
"Aww, he's so cute!" said Amanda. Kevin laughed.
"Pikachu!" he said happily.
"Pikachu seems to be very happy and quite cheerful this morning," the nurse said smiling.
"Sure does," Kevin replied.
After visiting with Pikachu for a while, the trainers were asked the leave the I.C.U room so Nurse Joy could run a few more tests to see if Pikachu was ready to be released from care. They returned to their rooms and gathered their stuff together so they could continue on with their journey. The trainers left their bedrooms and entered the dining area of the Pokemon Center and had a quick breakfast. They finished up, and headed for the front doors with Nurse Joy following.
"Well Nurse Joy, thanks for your hospitality but I think it's time we headed off now, we still got a long journey to Pewter City. That's where I'm going to compete for my first gym badge," said Kevin.
"So am I," Mike added.
Amanda approached the two boys, she had a slight blush growing on her cheeks. The boys looked at her weird, wondering what was up.
"Um, well, I-I was, um, I was wondering if I could travel with you guys?" she aksed, stuttering and nervously. Mike and Kevin looked at each other for a moment. Nothing was said, but no verbal words were needed and they nodded.
"Sure, of course you can," answered Kevin. He gladly accepted her company.
"Yeah, it'll be awesome. Three trainers from Pallet travelying together," said Mike. He liked the idea.
"Thank you guys so much!" she replied happily.
"Don't mention it," Kevin said back at her.
"Alright guys, you three be careful," the nurse said.
"We will. Bye Nurse Joy," Kevin responded.
The three trainers from Pallet Town began walking down the road, looking back and waving goodbye to Nurse Joy and the Pikachu. They turned around and started to disappear into the horizon. Pikachu became sad as they disappeared out of sight. Nurse Joy quickly noticed it.
"You want to go along with Kevin, don't you?" Joy asked, caring about Pikachu's feelings.
"Pika..." he nodded sadly. Joy didn't waste any time and began running after the trainers, hoping to catch up to them in time. After a few minutes of running, she finally found them nearing the edge of town.
"Kevin, wait!" she shouted. Kevin heard the familiar voice and turned around to find Nurse Joy and the Pikachu running after them.
"What is it Nurse Joy?" he asked as soon as she caught up to them. He was kind of confused why Nurse Joy would chase them down just after saying goodbye.
"I believe this Pikachu wants to go along with you," Joy said, holding Pikachu out in her hands. The yellow mouse had a big smile on his face.
"Uh," Kevin was shocked. "Is this true, Pikachu?"
"Pikachu!" he nodded, hoping Kevin would say yes.
"Come on then little buddy," Kevin said with a smile. Pikachu's face lit up and jumped out of Nurse Joy's hands and onto Kevin's shoulder. Kevin began to laugh.
"Looks like I got a Pikachu," he said.
"Pi, Pikachu!" Pikachu said happily.
Nurse Joy said her goodbyes one last time and headed back to the Pokemon Center. Kevin and his friends turned around and reached the edge of town and out of Viridian City to their next destination. A whole day was ahead of them, they hoped to get their at least by sun down.
Now that Pikachu is better and became a part of Kevin's team and a new friend, more adventures await our young heros. Stayed tuned for the next chapter of Pokemon EX.