Welcome to Megaton

Geki laughed at the man on the radio as he gave another talk, "Wastelanders. Listen to me. President Ghetsis and his army of Plasma have a truck full of Miltank and are spoon feeding you the bullshit. Listen, children. I am the voice in the darkness, I am your savior, and when I tell you that Ghetsis is corrupt, you better believe me."

He looked up into the sky and rested for a few minutes. Then, out of nowhere, a creature appeared in the distance. The creature was red and orange and dog like. Geki couldn't believe his eyes. He was witnessing an Arcanine. He debated throwing his Snivy out there and capturing it but stopped. Type matchups. That Arcanine would turn Snivy into ashes. He put the pokeball back on its harness and examined the legend.

Maybe it will let me... He walked towards the canine. The fiery dog looked at Geki as he made his approach. Sweat beaded off of Geki's forehead as he stepped carefully towards the Arcanine. Geki felt like if he took one wrong step towards the Arcanine, it would munch on him with its Fire Fang attack. But, then the Arcanine stepped towards Geki, its massive paws padding at the earth below it. The canine was now face to face with Geki, noses almost touching.

The Arcanine bowed its head and gave out a friendly bark. Geki jumped back at the bark before stepping forward again. He slowly brought his hand towards the legendary's muzzle. The Arcanine stepped forward into the hand and began rubbing its face against Geki's hand. The fur was ever-so-soft and the Arcanine was incredibly warm. The creature lay on its back and waited. Geki knelt down and gave the pokemon a belly rub. He's just like a normal dog...

A gunshot rang out in the distance. Startled, Geki looked towards where the shot came from. When he looked back, the Arcanine was gone. All that was left was a big paw print. Geki got up and headed straight for where he heard the shot ring out. He crested a hill and saw a mass of tin and scrap metal. A sniper was stationed on top of the mass. As Geki approached, he noticed a dead man laying in the dirt. A man stood by the body. Geki waved to the man, "Hey! Hey! I'm Geki Kitakyushu! Have you seen my father?"

The man turned around and smiled. "Mista Kitakyushu? Why yes, he was just here a week ago. Come on in, and don't let them Spearow get a bite off you." He pointed up into the sky, where a large flock of Spearow circled above the mass of tin and metal.

Geki walked down the slope and met with the man. He shook his hand and smiled, "So, my dad isn't dead then."

The man turned back and walked towards the metal heap. "Yessa. What made you think he was?"

Geki mumbled under his breath, "Everyone." He spoke up to the man, "Did you know I was coming?"

The man shrugged his shoulders as he typed a password into a keypad. "Knew it was coming sooner or later. I was just waiting for you, actually. I heard some commotion by the vault exit and knew you were comin'." A door opened in the scrap metal and unveiled a small village with a large nuclear missile drilled in the middle in a small pool of water. The man walked into the village and smiled, "Welcome to Megaton. I'm the sheriff here, Lucas Simms." Lucas proffered his hand.

Geki gladly shook it, "What shops are available here?"

The sheriff pointed to a large tin building on a hill. "Moira sells just about everything you need in her PokeShop. She can also repair anything too. For food, I recommend the little shack by the missile. They have every little bite of food imaginable in there."

A bald man shoved past Geki, "Watch it, kid."

Lucas laughed, "That's Jericho. He's our resident grump, but we keep him around because he is one hell of a shot with that rifle of his."

Geki's attention drew towards the missile jammed into the ground at the center of the town. "So, are you gonna do anything about that nuke?"

Lucas sighed, "Nothin' much we can do. No one here knows how to defuse it, not even Moira."

Geki eyeballed it and felt confident. "What if, say, someone were to defuse it?"

Lucas laughed a hearty laugh, "Boy, if someone could defuse that thing, I'd pay 'em 1,000 caps!"

Geki patted Lucas on the shoulder and walked towards the missile. A man in a catholic robe stood by the bomb mumbling religious sayings. Lucas sighed and yelled at the man, "Shieldmore, get the hell away from that thing! That water is filled with radiation!"

Shieldmore turned around and mumbled, "But we must embrace Adam's Glow. We shall all be saved by Adam."

"Dadgummit Shieldmore!" He turned back to Geki and shook his head. "That couk is our crazy religious Pastor Shieldmore. Ignore him. Rads have made him insane."

Geki climbed onto the missile and opened the control panel. A lesson from school popped in his head. Red means dead, yellow is mellow, blue is good for you. He found the blue wire and tugged. The thing wouldn't budge. He sighed and jumped down. "Mind if I use my pokemon to cut this wire? I can't do it myself."

Lucas raised his hands in surrender. "Do what you gotta do."

Geki nodded and unholstered his pokeball. He tossed it in the air and said, "Snivy, here we go!" The pokeball bursted open and unveiled a green snake-like creature. The creature looked at Geki for orders. Geki pointed to the missile and said, "Snivy, use Leaf Blade on the blue wire!" The Snivy crawled up the nuke and unleashed a precise and swift attack with its tail. The pokemon leaped down from the nuke and stood on its hind legs by Geki. Geki climbed back up to the wires and smiled, "Good work buddy!" The blue wire was severed cleanly. Snivy gave out a small cry of approval and climbed up on Geki's shoulder.

Lucas smiled, "That's one loyal pokemon you got there, Geki."

Snivy rubbed his face against Geki's and gave a happy cry. Geki laughed and said, "Yep," He pulled his pokeball out, "Snivy, retur-" Snivy swatted the pokeball out of Geki's hand and growled. Geki sighed, "I see buddy, you don't want the pokeball." He put the pokeball back on its holster and rubbed Snivy's back.

Lucas held a large bag in front of him, "Here you go, kid. You're 1,000 caps."

Geki pushed the bag back at him, "I don't need it sir."

Lucas proffered a smaller bag and a document. "Fine, 500 and a house deed."

Geki laughed, "You don't give up, do you, sheriff?" Snivy gave a small grunt of agreement.

Lucas extended the bag and document even further. "Nope. Take it."

Geki sighed, "Alright, thank you, friend."

"Follow me." The pair headed up the hill to a house next to Moira's shop. Lucas opened the door and walked in. "It's not much, but it has all the needs. You got a bed, bath, and kitchen as well as a place for your pokemon to rest."

Geki proffered his hand to the sheriff. "Thanks, Lucas. I'll be sure to stop by every once in awhile during my search for my father."

Lucas took off his hat and shook Geki's hand. "Yeah, about your dad... Go talk to Moriarty at the pub. That's where your dad stopped by after he escaped."

Geki wanted to go immediately, but stopped himself. "I'll check it out tomorrow. For now, I need some sleep."

Lucas walked out and said, "Alright, kid. See you in the morning." With that, Lucas closed the door, leaving Geki and Snivy alone.

Geki looked at his Snivy and smiled, "Your room is right over there, buddy. Get some rest. We got a long day ahead of us."

Snivy nodded and headed for the bed in the corner of the kitchen. Geki walked up the stairs and into his room. He lay in bed for a good hour before something scratched at his door. He opened it to find Snivy waiting with his small pillow in his mouth. Snivy jumped up onto Geki's bed, set down his pillow, and curled up into a small coil before falling asleep. Geki sighed and looked at his new best friend. "You know, buddy. We're going to befriend every pokemon that we can." He closed his eyes and fell asleep.