"Yeah, Todoh!" Crimson cheered as he finished off the Ecruteak Gym leader's Haunter.
"That was an intense battle. Seems like i'll have to remodel my gym," the gym leader, Morty said. Morty handed Crimson the badge and walked off.
As Crimson was checking out his new badge; Auburn ran up to him.
"Crimson! Hey!" Auburn said.
"Auburn!" Crimsons attention averted from the badge to Auburn. Auburn hadn't changed much Crimson thought, but he had an egg on his arms.
"Is that a pokemon egg...?" Crimson couldn't seem to look away from it.
"Yeah, some kimono girls just gave it to me. I dont know why but this egg is...amazing." Auburn said, distantly.
"Hows your pokedex coming, Professor?" Crimson teased.
"Well, actually, I got some but teddy dragged me all the way from Kanto to here," Auburn said, wondering, "and your badges?"
"4. its a start atleast" Crimson said.
"Have you seen Violet or Gray?"
"Well," Crimson said, thinking, "There was this thief in Goldenrod City who I thought was Gray, but Gray isn't a thief."
"You probably just mistook her," Auburn laughed.
"So what are we going to do now?" Crimson thought aloud.
"Well, I probably should go back to Kanto so I can finish up my research on the pokemon there." Auburn said.
"Whens the Legendary hour?" Crimson asked.
"in 2 months I think." Auburn said.
"If you see Violet or Gray, tell them we should meet at the same festival as when we were younger during the Legendary Hour," Crimson stated.
"Will do, so i'll see you then."
"For sure," Crimson waved.
Crimson went to the pokemon center to rest Todoh and White. Looking at the map, he decided to go to Olivine City next. Crimson got his pokemon from the nurse and headed outside. He left Ecruteak and was on the road to Olivine. He was passing a miltank farm when he heard an old man yell.
Crimson ran into the farm to see two people dressed in black trying to steal a miltank.
"Leave that miltank alone!" Crimson said. The two people looked at Crimson then each other and laughed.
"You have no idea what you are dealing with little boy." One of them said.
"We're Team Rocket. You can't stop us." The other laughed. They released a Golbat and Crimson sent out Todoh. Golbat swooped in but Todoh dodged. Todoh was about to use water gun when suddenly, a girl appeared from behind the farm.
"We have what we need. This experiment was a failure. Let's go." She said, asserting her leadership.
"Gray!" Crimson yelled as she walked by.
"Yes, Crimson?" She said, politely.
"How could you? You tried to steal Todoh! Now, your hanging with these Crooks?" Crimson said, defensively.
"They are my subordinates, actually." She said, grinning, "I suggest you don't meddle with us. We aren't little kids anymore."
She walked away with the other two. Crimson fought back tears as his old friend walked away.