Last time on Pokemon EX: Kevin and his friends reached the Pokemon Center where they handed over the injured Pikachu to Nurse Joy. While waiting for Pikachu to be fixed up by Nurse Joy, Kevin and Amanda introduce themselves more formally and Mike has Bulbasaur defend up against Pidgey. The next day Pikachu is better and the trainers set off toward Pewter City, however, the Pikachu wants to travel with Kevin so Nurse Joy has to catch up to them and ask Kevin if Pikachu could travel with him and Kevin accepts having Pikachu becoming a new member of his team.
Chapter Four: Amanda and Weedle
Three travelers wondered through a dark, heavily wooded forest that seemed to have no end in sight. Two of the travelers began to bicker at one another.
"We are not lost!" one of them yelled.
"We are so lost!" the other yelled back, "You're the one with the map to this place for God's sake, so you got us lost!"
"Come on you two, stop fighting," the third trainer said. She tried to keep the peace but the other two's eyes that stared at her where like daggers. A worried expression began to appear on her face.
"We're not fighting!" one of boys shot back.
"Yeah, we're just having a little disagreement," the other boy replied, laughing nervously.
"Yeah, right," the girl said sarcastically.
She sighed and the three trainers continued their treck through the thick wooded forest. One of the boys let out a very discreet sigh.
"What is it Kevin?" asked the girl.
"I can honestly say I've always hated this place," Kevin began telling the story. "I've lost count on how many times I've been lost in this place."
"Huh? You've been here before?" asked the second boy.
"Yes Mike, I have. I went through here with my father every time we travel to Pewter City," Kevin continued. "I'd always stop to look at a Pokemon that I would see and ended up getting lost. Lucky for me my father would find me before I got too lost."
"Talk about being lucky alright," said the girl.
"I know, right?" said Kevin. It almost sounded sarcastic.
After the little story, they continued their way through the dense forest, hoping to find any kind of light signaling a clearing. Mike decided to ask Kevin something at that point.
"Hey Kevin, how are you going to plan on defeating the gym leader anyway?" he asked.
"I don't know. I haven't really thought about it and now that you mention it, I don't have a single Pokemon that will go good against rock types," Kevin answered, scratching the back of his head.
"Then why don't you teach your Pokemon some steel attacks?" suggested the girl.
"That might work Amanda," Kevin replied back quickly. "If I remember correctly, Pikachu's can learn Iron Tail and Charmander will learn Metal Claw on his own."
"Well I really don't think two attacks are going to be enough," Mike said discouragingly.
"True but I know I'll think of a way to beat the gym leader," Kevin said. He ignored what Mike was trying to do.
The two continued their talk about the upcoming gym battle when Amanda heard something rustle in the bushes alongside the darkened road, she screamed as it frightened her.
"Amanda, what's wrong?" Kevin asked with concern.
"Something's in the bushes," she replied nervously. She pointed at the bushes alongside the darkened road. The two boys stared at the bush, awaiting any kind of movement but nothing happened.
"I don't see anything, you're probably hearing thinks," Mike remarked.
"Am not!" Amanda whined, "I heard it and even saw the bushes move!"
"I don't see or hear anything either Amanda," Kevin said, trying to keep her calm.
Amanda groaned. "I could of sworn I heard something over their just now!" The bushes rustled again, 'There it is again.' But before she could tell the boys, a green worm with a big stinger on its head came moving out of the bushes.
"Hey look!" she yelled with pride. Kevin and Mike turned around to see what Amanda was talking about it/
"What is it?" asked Kevin, seeing the worm.
"Eh, it's just a Weedle," Mike said with disgust.
"A Weedle, huh?" Amanda said, pulling out her red device.
"Weedle, the hair bug Pokemon. Weedle are often found in forests eating leaves, it's sharp stinger on its head is filled with poison and is highly venamous," it explained.
"Weeee," it said. Sadness was evident in its voice.
"It sounds sad," Kevin said. "It even looks sad."
"It's just a Weedle," Mike said coldly and walked off.
Kevin looked at Mike with disgust at how he was acting. "Dude, what's your problem?"
"Problem?" Mike asked. He was getting angry now. "I don't have a problem!" He walked off and Amanda just shrugged Mike's attitude off and let out another loud sigh.
"Boys," she said. She was disappointed in the way Mike was acting and bent down toward the Weedle. "Hey little guy, what's the matter? Are you lost?"
"Weeee," it said, nodding.
"Hey guys, I think I'm going to help this Weedle find his home," Amanda said proudly.
"Uh, okay," Kevin replied. He was kind of surprised.
"Whatever," Mike said not caring. Kevin rolled his eyes.
Amanda walked through the dark forest with Weedle on her shoulders. She looked in every which way, hoping to find any evidence of where the Weedle could of lived.
"Do you remember where you came from?" she asked the Pokemon. The worm used his stinger to point in the direction where he believed he came from. "Okay, we'll go that way then."
The girl continued walking deeper into the forest. At times she ran and other times she walked. It had seemed she'd been walking for a very long time and after a while, she came to a rock and sat down to rest staring at the ground feeling like she failed Weedle miserably.
"Well Weedle, so far no luck in finding your home," Amanda said, sadened by the fact she couldn't find Weedle's home.
"Weee," he said sadly.
"Don't worry, we're going to find it no matter what!" the girl replied with a smile.
Kevin and Mike continued walking down the road in the darkness of the forest. Silence was bearing down on the two and Kevin's mind focused on Amanda and her whereabouts. He wondered if she had finally found Weedle's home yet.
"Amanda's been gone an awful long time," Kevin said. He was worried about her and Mike didn't respond. He looked at his best friend oddly.
"Are you alright man?" he asked. He was getting frustrated with the way Mike was behaving. Mike waved his hand in a kind of yes movement but it also ment 'leave me alone.' Kevin became more frustrated with Mike's actions.
"Dude, you've been a total headcase since that Weedle showed up, what's wrong?" Kevin asked. Frustration and anger was released through the question.
"I'm just not too fond of Weedles, okay!" Mike yelled. "Remember that time I was sick for like a month?"
"I remmeber," Kevin said while he remembered. "That was the most boring month I ever had to endure."
"Well it because I was stung by a Weedle!" Mike confessed. "It's poison sickened me for that whole month!"
"That was it then? You told me it was the flu and you kept on getting relapses," Kevin replied. Mike just stayed quiet.
"Weedle, it's getting late. We better catch up with Kevin and Mike," Amanda said with fear in etched in her voice. Weedle nodded his head in a sad expression. Amanda saw this and wondered if it would be happier if she just captured it. She put the little guy on the ground and kneeled to its level.
"How about you come along with me?" she asked the Weedle. The worm scooted across the little clearing and got into his battle stance.
"Come on man, let's go look for Amanda," Kevin said, focusing his attention back on their new friend.
Mike felt like being a douche and wanted to mess with his best friends head.
"Why are you so egar to go rescue her? Do you like her?" he asked slyly.
Kevin blushed. "As a friend, but you never know. Come on!" Kevin said. He knew exactly what Mike was trying to do so he wasn't going to give Mike the satsifaction of him trying to justify that he didn't like her and all that back and forth crap kind of game.
"Fine," Mike said, disappointed that his little charade didn't work. The two ran off toward the horizon.
"So you want to battle then?" Amanda asked and the Weedle nodded. "Okay then, Squirtle go!"
She threw the Pokeball and it opened up revealing the blue turtle.
"Squirtle, Squirt!" she said, ready for battle.
"Alright Squirtle, Skull Bash!" Amanda ordered. The tiny turtle Pokemon charged toward the Weedle with its head completely parallel to the ground. Weedle attacked back.
"Weee!" it shouted as it shot a whole bunch of small pink needle like pins.
"Squirtle, go into a Rapid Spin!" Amanda commanded. Squirtle withdrew into its shell and began spinning rapidly. The pink needles hit Squirtle but bounched off and hit the ground. Squirtle was now close enough for her attack.
"Skull Bash, now!" Amanda yelled. Squirtle came out of her shell and charged at the worm. The tiny turtle made contact with the frail Weedle, sending the worm flying through the air and hitting a nearby tree. The poor worm fell the ground. Amanda grabbed an empty Pokeball from her back pack and threw it.
"Pokeball, Go!" she yelled with excitement. The Pokeball made contact with the Weedle and opened up, turning Weedle into red energy and closed with Weedle inside. The white button blinked red for a couple of seconds but to Amanda, it felt like eternity. The blinking red light and the wobbling of the Pokeball stopped.
"She caught it," Kevin said. Kevin and Mike had been standing there for almost the whole battle. They heard her yell when she called for Squirtle and that's how they found the girl.
"Oh wonderful," Mike said sarcastically.
Amanda ran up to the Pokeball and picked it up. "Yes, I caught Weedle!" she said smiling.
"Squirtle!" she said cheerfully.
"Thanks Squirtle, you're the best!" Amanda said. "Return!" Squirtle was turned into red energy and returned back into her Pokeball.
"Congradulations," Kevin said smiling.
"Pi- Pikachu!" Pikachu said from Kevin's shoulder.
"Thanks," Amand said. She was surprised to see her friends standing there. "How long were you guys standing there?" she was kind of embarrassed.
"Pretty much your whole battle," Mike answered.
"Yep," Kevin added.
Amanda then giggled. "Thanks guys."
The three trainers returned to the road and their journey through the dense darkened forest. They noticed light started filtering through the forest in the horizon down the road.
"Finally, a clearing!" Kevin shouted.
"Thank God," Mike said with relief. "It's about time we got out of this place!"
"Pewter City here we..." Amanda stopped in mid-sentence after what she saw beyond that clearing.
"Damn it, its just a clearing," Mike said disappointed and kind of angry. "There's more forest over there!"
"Every time I travel through this forsaken forest, it seems to take longer to get to Pewter City," Kevin said. He was getting frustrated.
"Well come on, no need to waste time just standing here. We just keep on going until we reach Pewter City," Amanda chanted with life.
Mike sighed and Kevin groaned. They did not want to continue trecking through the damn forest. They reached the end of the clearing and entered even darker and thicker forest. As Kevin and Mike began bickering at one another again, Amanda ignored they boys as she walked, glowing in the light of happiness over capturing her very first Pokemon. Though she was getting a little anxicious to get to Pewter City more than ever now. She kind of hoped to get to Pewter very soon.
As our heros entered another part of the Viridian Forest, what will await them next? Stay tuned for another chapter of Pokemon EX