Chapter Eighteen
Premature departures and Frigid Islands

Previously:
"Wow…" Alan said, as Lloyd healed up his Pokemon, and they continued towards Fuchsia.

They emerged from Saffron and walked down the path, quickly coming out to the docks. In front of them, on the docks, lay a large sleeping beast, blocking the way across the Docks.

"What is that?" Alan asked and Lloyd scratched his head, "Is that another Snorlax?"

"Yeah! Cool." Johnny said, and he unclipped a pokeball from his belt. Johnny's own Snorlax was released, and suddenly the docks they stood on creaked dangerously below them. It sagged noticeably and Johnny's Snorlax stared at the sleeping Snorlax. It yawned loudly and took a step, pushing the other Snorlax, which was slightly smaller, to the edge of the docks. With a tremendous splash, the Snorlax plummeted into the water, while Johnny's Snorlax stood on the docks, booming with laughter.

The other Snorlax peeked up from water, its eyes glaring at Johnny's Snorlax. "Um…" Tony said, leaning towards Johnny, "I think that that one is a girl."

"A girl!" Johnny yelled, rubbing his hands together, "Excellent."

The Female Snorlax roared, leaping up and grabbing the males by its legs, pulling it down into the deck. The wood blew apart under the weight, shattering the end of the dock, and spraying water and wood at our Heroes plus one. The two Snorlax's were wrestling underwater, but the more experienced, and far more powerful, male Snorlax picked the female up and tossed it into the dock underwater.

The huge body smashed through the docks leg supports, and the entire dock shifted underneath our heroes as they ran to sturdier dock. The female burst up from the water, wounded, and Johnny, seeing his opportunity, launched a pokeball at the Female, promptly capturing it. The pokeball disappeared, to the PC, and Johnny smiled broadly, recalling his current Snorlax.

"What do you possibly need two Snorlax's for?" Lloyd asked, and Johnny punched Lloyd's shoulder, "To make babies stupid."

"Ew." Lloyd said as they continued walked, faster then normal, trying to escape the destruction that occurred to the docks before they were caught.

They emerged into Fuchsia after a walk, and Alan stopped them in front of the center.

"Geeze, I was with you guys for a day, and I learned a whole lot. I've been thinking about adventuring more too. " Alan said, as he shook each of their hands.

"Hey, no problem." Johnny said, as Alan walked into the center, coming out with a package.

"I've gotta get back to work, but I'm gonna look for you guys once I can, I wanna have a battle if I'm able to." Alan said, as he released a pokeball, a large brown bird.

The Fearow crowed as Alan mounted it, and he gave a final goodbye before the bird took off, Alan and the package in tow.

Johnny was staring open-mouthed at Alan, who was a dot in the distance, "What! If he had a Fearow the entire time, then why the hell did he need us?" Johnny yelled, and Lloyd shrugged, "He seemed to be a lot more then meets the eye."

"I've got a feeling we'll be seeing him sometime." Tony said, as they walked down to the beach.

"So how are we getting there? We don't have a boat." Lloyd asked, and Tony released his Pidgeot, "We could fly." Tony suggested, and the Pidgeot beamed.

"Yeah, but not all of us have the luxury of a flying type." Johnny remarked, and the Pidgeot snapped its beak at him.

"Didn't you get the HM Surf Lloyd?" Tony asked, and Lloyd nodded.

Johnny suddenly nodded, "I've got an Idea!"

Tony stood with his Pidgeot watching the waves. Johnny and Lloyd were both sitting on the large Snorlax, who was sleepily wafting on the waves. Lloyd's Raichu was out, and it was sitting on the Snorlax's leg, watching the waves, every once and a while sticking its long tail into the water to test its temperature. Lloyd was laying on the Snorlax, sleeping and Johnny was cross legged, facing the Snorlax's large face, talking to it. He turned back to look at Tony, "See you there?" he called, and Tony nodded, mounting his large bird.

Johnny nodded and quickly jumped up, his arm pointed out towards the sea, "Onward's Snorlax!"

The Raichu jumped off the Snorlax's leg and ran over to Lloyd, standing next to him, as the Snorlax remained unmoving, drifting with the waves.

"Onwards I say!" Johnny yelled, and the Snorlax's legs slowly moved, acting as slow paddles, they moved forwards inch by inch.

"Ready for a long flight?" Tony asked, and Pidgeot nodded, looking determined, "I thought so."

The bird trotted with him on its back, walking back a few yards, before it turned to look over the ocean. It suddenly sprang forwards, running across the sand. As they neared the water, it spread its wings out, and in one fluid motion, sent them rocketing into the air, Tony holding on for dear life.

"Wooooah!" Tony yelled, "Jesus, can you cool it a bit?"

The wind was whipping through Tony's hair, his hat was already safely tucked in his backpack, and the bird looked back at Tony. It cawed slightly and slowed down. Tony noticed they were above the clouds, and the sun was beating down on him form above.

"Lower!" He yelled, and the bird nodded, and they started to slowly descend. They passed through the cloud, soaking Tony from the water in it. The ocean was splashing below him, and the sun shined through the clouds, making the water sparkle. In the distance he could see a black dot, and smiled.

"That way!" Tony yelled, pointing at the blot, and the Pidgeot pulled back harshly. Before Tony had a chance to say, " Go faster" he was already above the Snorlax, who was still paddling slowly. Johnny waved up at him form the midst of the card game he was playing with Raichu, and Lloyd was still snoozing. A suddenly splash washed over Lloyd and he jerked up, sputtering and wet.

"I'm freezing!" Tony yelled, "Let's just go as fast as we can!" The bird showed no sign of hearing, but it suddenly rocketed forwards, blasting through the air. As they flew, Tony spotted a Large Island, about a few hundred yards In front of Johnny. As they passed over it, Tony figured at the pace Johnny was moving, they wouldn't reach the island until well into the night.

Tony spotted Cinnabar long before he landed, and he entered the Pokecenter as soon as he did, renting a room. Walking out of the center he bumped into a slim form, who turned to regard him angrily.

"Excuse me!" The girl growled, as Tony backed up, hands up in the air, "Oh! Tony!" The girl squealed, and Tony was surprised to see Tiffany in front of him, arms folded beneath her breasts.

"What are you doing here?" Tony asked and Tiffany shrugged, "Well, after you three said you were going to Cinnabar, We decided to visit as well. What took you so long? Hey, where are Johnny and that other guy anyway?"

"Um…Lloyd, his name is Lloyd. We had to help a friend we met, so we didn't leave until way later. Anyway, Johnny and Lloyd are both surfing here; I doubt they'll get here for at least a day." Tony explained, "Oh, well sorry about bumping into you, how about I make it up by…oh…I dunno…I could buy you dinner?"

Tiffany quirked her eyebrow at Tony, "Are you asking me out?" She asked, and Tony shrugged, rubbing the back of his head, "Kinda."

"Ok then lover boy, meet me at the Pokecenter in an hour." Tiffany said, winking to Tony as she pushed past him, meeting up with Valarie and Kat, who both were standing at the entrance to the center, and they broke out giggling, walking inside.

The dinner went well, at least Tony thought so, and he was currently snuggled into his Blankets, thinking about the recent turn of events. He set his alarm for 6:00 in the Morning, and yawned, falling asleep.

The alarm woke Tony up, and he looked at the time. The clock read 2:00 A.M. and Tony rubbed his eyes. The alarm was still blaring and Tony pressed the snooze button. The sound didn't turn off, and even seemed to get louder.

"What the hell!" Tony growled, about to smash the clock, before he spotted what it read on the clock.

HE:LP

S:EA

FO:AM

IS:LE

--:--

CO:ME

FA:ST

Those words repeatedly flashed on the clock, and the Alarm still blared. The numbers suddenly turned into unreadable numbers and dialog, before the clock jumped, and in a small poof of smoke, turned off. With a dazzling burst of 10101001001 codes, Johnny's Porygon appeared out of the clock.

"Porygon?" Tony asked, still sleepy, before he realized what the Porygon had done. "What? They need help on Seafoam islands?" The Porygon nodded vigorously, before it digitally dissolved. Tony quickly got dressed, crashing out the door into the hallway with his leg still struggling with one pant leg, while at they same time reaching for his pokeball, releasing his Pidgeot. He crashed to the ground as the Pidgeot stood in the hallway, its head cocked to the side, looking at him.

"Go, we gotta fly!" Tony cried as he shoved his foot through the pants, successfully putting them on, standing up, as the bird strutted down the hallway and out of the building.

Tony met with his bird outside, the cold air quickly chilling him. He looked back at the room, "Should I get a coat or something?" Before his Bird suddenly grabbed his shirt in its beak, tossing him on its back, "Your right, Seafoam Islands!" Tony yelled, pointing forwards, and the bird leapt up, taking to the air.

They soared through the air, Tony chattering as he realized the coat was a good idea, but he soon found himself above Seafoam Islands. They landed on the grey rocky shore, and Tony recalled his Pidgeot. The small cave opening that lay nestled in the rock was dark, with a small beat up sign saying, 'Seafoam Islands'.

Tony entered the cave slowly, his hands on his pokeball just in case. The frigid air did nothing to help Tony as he walked across the frozen sand of the cave. The air chilled around Tony and he walked through the large cavern. He found a large ladder leading down into the ground. Standing over it, A huge gust suddenly blasted up from the cave, chilling Tony to the bone, and Tony could've swore he heard "Damnit" being carried by the wind. Suddenly a large blue bat flew up from the hole, and Johnny tossed his pokeball out.

His Gyarados emerged, filling up the room; the Golbat focused its attention on the new foe. The Gyarados smashed it tail down, but the bat avoided it, and it flew at the Dragon, biting it. The Gyarados wasted no time, and quickly crushed the Golbat, who was clinging on Gyarados's neck into the wall. It fell to the ground, dazed, and the large dragon reared its head back, and a high-powered blast of water flew from the Gyarados's mouth, pummeling the poor Golbat into the sandy floor, knocking it out. The gyarados roared with happiness, and flopped around, shaking the cave, before Tony recalled it, before it collapsed everything on him.

Tony climbed down the ladder, and landed in another large room, the only exit being another ladder leading deeper underground. "Wow…how deep underwater am I." Tony said to himself, rubbing his arms, "I'm fricking f-freezing"

Tony climbed down that ladder slowly, and came to a large room with a hole in it. He spotted a ladder again, but went to inspect the hole. He looked down to see a raging river, and he could suddenly hear voices.

"What now?" one voice asked, and another answered, "We wait."

"What about Porygon, did he make it?"

"I dunno know, he hasn't returned yet."

"Lloyd? Johnny?" Tony called from above them, and Tony heard, "Tony? Tony! You made it! So nice of you to join us."

"Shut up, I'm freezing, what's the problem?" Tony called down.

"There's no problem!" Johnny called back up, "There's just something I thought you might want to see."

"What! What the hell! I was sleeping, what could be so important tha-" Tony was suddenly cut off by a rather loud pokemon cry, that echoed up from below him.

"…What was that?" Tony asked, and Johnny answered back, "You tell me."

Tony quickly released his Pidgeot and descended down the hole. The room was large, and Johnny and Lloyd were huddled with Johnny's Snorlax. A large river was flowing loudly, and Tony landed gently next to Johnny and Lloyd.

"We had to use Snorlax for comfort, it's freezing in here." Lloyd said, and Tony glared at him, "Gee, ya think?"

"So what's up?" Tony asked, looking around, "What's this amazing thing?"

"Well, we only really heard it, but it's coming from deep within the cave." Johnny said, and Lloyd nodded, "It sounds like a bird."

"Well, how do we get down there?" Tony asked and Johnny pointed up, "I saw them earlier, there's lots of large rocks, err…boulders, laying around up there. If we can use them to stop the raging river, we could surf deeper into the cave. Here, let Pidgeot fly me up there, and ill push the boulders down with Kangaskhan." Johnny explained, and Lloyd shook his head, "No, let me take Primape, I'll do it, you stay down here!"

Johnny nodded, and Pidgeot flew Lloyd up to the hole, depositing him up there.

After a few hours of waiting, and freezing, Lloyd finally returned. He had dropped many boulders into the river, and stopped its rapid flow. Tony swore the only thing that kept him alive was Snorlax's immense body, giving off heat. Snorlax quickly waddled up to the bank, and they jumped up on his belly, riding the beast down the river, deeper into the cavern.

They emerged into a large room again, and they spotted an amazing sight. A large blue bird was perched on a frozen stomp. Its wings were folded and it was sleeping, its long blue tails trailing out behind it, sparkling.

"What's that?" Tony whispered and Lloyd shrugged. The majestic bird snorted as they approached. They landed on the spot of land, and one of the bird's eyes opened up.

"Its…amazing…" Tony whispered, and Johnny nodded silently. The incredible sight they had been witnessing suddenly turned terrifying.

The Large bird spread its wings, and gave out a fearsome caw as the stood in front of it. Its tails lashed out behind it, and the temperature in the room dropped suddenly, blanketing them in another wave of cold. The bird opened its mouth, and a bluish light emerged, shining brightly. Tony couldn't look away, and he had a feeling neither could Lloyd or Johnny.

END.
Yeah, for all those who have noticed my spelling errors (There is quite a lot of them), I have nothing but apologies for you. I plan on fixing them, but not now. I wanna get through the story before I go back with correction. Chiya. Thanks.