Disclaimer: I do not, nor have I ever, owned anything related to Nintendo's Pokémon franchise.
Legend:
"A human or a Pokémon is talking."
'A human or a Pokémon is thinking.'
"A machine is being used."
Chapter Four:
Team Rocket attacks the Viridian Pokémon Center!
Written by: Jacob Smith.
At nine pm yesterday evening, the Viridian City radar system managed to detect a Meowth-shaped balloon that was heading towards the Pokémon center. Alarms blared across the city, warning the city of the danger. However, before the police could arrive, Team Rocket attacked.
According to reports, the two Rockets used the Poison-Type Ekans (See Pg. 3) and Koffing (See Pg. 4) to break into the Pokémon Center.
After breaking in, the two Rockets briefly talked to the resident Nurse Joy and a new, rookie Pokémon Trainer from Pallet Town: Ash Ketchum. Soon after, the two Rockets ordered their Pokémon to attack, who then began to destroy the lobby.
Nurse Joy attempted to lead Ash Ketchum to safety, only for the Rockets to get in there way. However, before the Rockets could hurt them, a Pokémon Trainer from Cerulean City, Jimmy Sanders stepped in with a Pidgeot (See Pg. 5).
Nurse Joy and Ash Ketchum fled to the Poké Ball room, where the Nurse began to transport Poké Balls to the Pewter City Pokémon Center. Ash Ketchum stood guard with his Eevee (See Pg. 6) to stall for time incase Team Rocket found them.
In the end, Officer Jenny found Jimmy Sanders in the lobby of the Pokemon Center. She quickly freed him from his bindings, made sure that he was okay, before she asked what happened. Ash Ketchum and Nurse Joy were later found, in the Poké Ball Room, and given the same treatment.
Nurse Joy has reported that Team Rocket did not steal any Poké Balls .Most of the Poké Balls had been transferred before Team Rocket found them, and Ash Ketchum stopped the thieves from getting away with some Poké Balls with his Pidgey (See Pg. 7).
(Viridian City—Pokémon Center—Lobby)
"I told you already!" Nurse Joy began with an uncharacteristically annoyed expression on her face. "Jimmy Sanders and Ash Ketchum are NOT here! And—" Seeing that a journalist was about to speak up, she continued. "I will not tell you all where they went either!"
Piers Tomoe, reporter for the National Enquirer, took a step forward. "How do we know that you aren't lying to us about the whereabouts of the two Pokémon Trainers, Ms. Joy?"
Nurse Joy actually scowled at this question. She really disliked dealing with the press, especially when she had sick Pokémon that were in need of her attention.
"Why would I lie to you?" Nurse Joy asked, hands on her hips. "Ash Ketchum left just this morning while Jimmy Sanders checked out last night. Now, I have answered enough questions! There are sick Pokémon that I NEED to attend to." She turned. "Good day to you."
"Ms. Joy! Ms. Joy, please! Could you give us some more details?" Piers begged. "Like… like what they look like? Or… or what other Pokémon they have?"
"No!"
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(Meanwhile—Kanto—Viridian Forest)
It was the morning after Team Rocket had withdrawn that Ash had left Viridian City. One could now find him in the Viridian Forest, looking at a map of the area that brown-haired Pokémon Trainer—Jimmy Sanders—had given him.
It was that map, alongside a compass that Nurse Joy had been kind enough to give him, that was allowing him to cut through the forest relatively quickly.
Eevee, sitting on Ash's shoulder, sniffed the air. "Ve, Ee-V-E? Eve Eve-E-Ve!"
Hearing this, Ash looked up from his map before looking around; attempting to see what Eevee was trying to show him. After a moment, he turned back to his Pokémon.
"I don't see anything, Eevee."
Eevee's nose scrunched up before she jerked her head forward, "Ve!" She demanded, lifting a paw to point at something. "Ve, Eevee Ve!"
Following her paw, Ash looked again—eyes squinting—before he saw what Eevee was talking about. A little bit away from them was a bush that rustled softly. After a moment, a small bug-like Pokémon crawled out of the brush.
The Pokémon was a small, brown, and serpentine-like larva with a segmented body. It had dark, circular eyes, numerous little feet and a large pink, round nose. It also had a poisonous stinger on both its tail and head.
Curious as to what the Pokémon was, Ash took out his Pokédex. "Weedle: The Hairy Bug Pokémon. It eats its weight in leaves every day. It fends off attackers with the needle on its head."
"Let's do it, Eevee!" Ash said as he quickly put away his Pokédex.
Eevee jumped off his shoulder with a yip, scattering and crunching the leaves underneath it. At this noise, Weedle's beady little eyes narrowed before it turned around to face Eevee.
"We-dle!"
"Start off with a Scratch attack!" Ash ordered.
Eevee nodded and then rushed forward, claws extending from her fore-paws. Weedle dodged to the side to avoid Eevee's first strike before it brought up its tail and attempted to drive the poisonous bard into Eevee's head.
"Dodge it, Eevee!" Ash cried out. He watched as Eevee just barely managed to avoid to the side, getting out of Weedle's rang, before making his move. "Now, use Tackle!"
Eevee obliged, with the force behind her attack easily sending Weedle stumbling across the leaf-strewn clearing. Crashing against a rock, it stilled for a moment, before shaking it off. Then, growling, Weedle opened its mouth before it began shooting a white, string-like material from its mouth.
"Dodge it, Eevee!"
Eevee tried to dodge but, unfortunately, she wasn't fast enough to avoid it. The white material stuck to Eevee's right fore-paw, preventing her escape. Weedle stopped spewing the material for a moment and, with a mighty tug, pulled its head—hauling Eevee towards it—with a mighty "snap".
Watching as Eevee went flying towards Weedle, who put up its stinger in an attempt to make Eevee's landing extra-painful, caused Ash's eyes to narrow. That clenched it; he had to capture that Weedle now.
Ash quickly pulled out Eevee's Poké Ball, "Eevee, return!"
Moments before impact, Eevee was absorbed into her Poké Ball, leaving an empty "rope" of the material lying around Weedle. Weedle looked up at Ash angrily as he pulled out another Poké Ball before he released the Pokémon inside.
"Go, Pidgey!"
Materializing in a flash of white light, Pidgey quickly jumped into the air where he stayed, flapping his wings to stay afloat. Weedle glared at him before it prepared another String-Shot.
Ash frowned, "That won't work this time! Pidgey, dodge it!"
"Gigi, Pidgey!" Pidgey cried as it banked to the left, dodging Weedle's attack.
"Alright!" Ash cheered. He then ordered, "Now, use your Sand-Attack!"
With that, Pidgey stopped before it began to flap its wings at a furious speed with the wind sending loose dirt and leaves all over the clearing. Coughing, Ash covered his mouth with his jacket, watching as Pidgey flew above the dirt cloud with squinted eyes.
"Good! Now… Tackle it!" Ash ordered.
Pidgey nodded, "Pidgey!"
Only seconds later, Pidgey dived down towards Weedle headfirst while Weedle was still blinded by his makeshift smokescreen. The force behind Pidgey's Tackle, while not as powerful as Eevee's, was enough to send Weedle flying.
Ten seconds later, Weedle hit the ground with a thud. Unlike last time however, this time Weedle was unable to get back up, as it was exhausted. After a moment, it slumped to the ground, swirls in its eyes.
Ash smiled, pulling out a Poké Ball. "Great job, Pidgey!"
Without any further ado, Ash threw the Poké Ball at Weedle before he watched as Weedle was absorbed into it. Falling to the ground, the Poké Ball began to rock back and forth.
Two minutes passed.
The Poké Ball rocked a few more times, slowing, before it stilled. Finally, a faint ding was heard, signifying that Weedle had been successfully captured.
Ash quickly walked over to Weedle's new Poké Ball, grabbed it off the ground, before facing Pidgey. Pidgey was standing on the ground, looking at him with a tilted head.
"We did it Pidgey!" Ash cheered happily, pumping his fist. "We caught a Weedle!"
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(Meanwhile—Unova Region— Striaton City—Pokémon Center)
Jonathan was currently sitting before a Video Phone, waiting for Professor Oak to pick up on the other end. After a minute though, Professor Oak answered, face appearing on the small Video Phone screen.
"Hello…? Oh, it's you, Jonathan!" Professor Oak exclaimed. "How can I help you?"
Smiling, Jonathan unclipped a Poké Ball from his belt before he showed it to Professor Oak. Then, releasing the Pokémon inside, he allowed Professor Oak to look at it for a moment before he returned it.
"Professor, I need your help in delivering this Pokémon to Delia. You see, it's her birthday next week and I want to surprise her with this little guy." He smiled, imagining his wife's reaction to it. "You know how much she adores Grass-Type Pokémon."
"Alright, I'll help. Just send it to my lab and I'll call Delia over." Professor Oak said.
Jonathan smiled before doing as instructed. He then watched as his Poké Ball vanished in a small flash of light, saw it appear under Professor Oak's Poké Ball transport machine, and then as Professor Oak grabbed it.
"Thank you Professor." Jonathan said.
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(Later—With Ash)
"Alright, guys…" Ash said as he tossed his four Poké Balls into the air. "C'mon out!"
There came four identical flashes of white light as all of Ash's current Pokémon materialized. They then looked around, each wondering why they had been called out, only for Ash to set a couple of bowls in front of them.
Then, Ash removed a bag of PokéChow from his backpack, opened it, before he began to pour some PokéChow into the bowl. Once he was done, he quickly sealed the bag before he reached into his backpack again. This time he removed his own lunch; a peanut butter sandwich and a bottle of water.
Without further ado, Pokémon and human dug into their lunches.
However, Eevee wasn't eating. Instead she was staring out into the forest, ears flattened down against her head.
Seeing this, Ash raised an eyebrow. "What's the matter, Eevee? Don't you like the PokéChow?"
"Ve!" Eevee cried, shaking her head.
Ash scratched his head, wondering what Eevee was talking about. She was so insistent and kept gesturing, towards the forest, with her head. Hm. Maybe she had seen another Pokémon?
"YARGH!"
Turning, Ash saw something that looked to be straight out of a Historical Fiction book rushing out of the bushes. What appeared to be a kid his age dressed in full-on samurai gear was rushing towards him, sword drawn.
Ash quickly rolled to the side, causing the samurai to rush past him before his Pokémon reacted to the samurai's threat.
Weedle used String-Shot to bind the samurai's legs together which caused him to stumble before falling to the ground. Rattata ran up and bit the samurai's hand, forcing him to release his sword. Pidgey then swooped down to pick up the weapon before he took the weapon away. To finish it off, Eevee moved to stand before Ash, growling.
The samurai blinked, "What just happened?"
"I dodged and my Pokémon took you down when you tried to hit me with a sword!" Ash responded angrily. "You could've killed me!"
Pidgey dropped the samurai's sword on the ground, far away from the samurai, before he flew back to his Trainer. Rattata also trotted up to Ash's side though Weedle stayed, further binding the samurai by tying his wrists together with String-Shot.
The samurai struggled, "Call them off!" He pleaded. "I didn't mean to hurt you! I just meant to test you!"
"Why should I? You could be lying!" Ash retorted, crossing his arms.
"I wanted to test you! I wanted to see if you were the fourth Trainer from Pallet Town! To see that if you were as strong as the other three Pallet Town Trainers that I fought!"
"That doesn't give you the right to rush at me with a sword!" Ash growled. "You could've killed me what that thing!"
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(Meanwhile—With Professor Oak)
"What? There was an attack in Viridian?" Professor Oak exclaimed as he looked at his newspaper. His eyes bulged. "Ash was involved…" He read some more before he stood up. "I have to tell Delia!"
Quickly walking over to his Video Phone, Professor Oak dialed Delia's number. Then, he waited anxiously for the woman to pick up. 'Come on, come on… Pick up, pick up!'
"Hello? This is the Ketchum Residence, Delia speaking. How may I help you?"
"Thank goodness your home, Delia!" Professor Oak said. "Have you read today's paper yet?"
"No, I just got off the phone with Jonathan. He was telling me about his work… Why. Should I have read the paper?" Delia asked.
Professor Oak gulped, "Well… there was an incident in Viridian City… Two members of Team Rocket attempted to rob the Pokémon Center…"
Ash's Pokémon Team
Eevee (Female): Level Six.
Attacks: Scratch (Normal), Tail Whip (Normal), Tackle (Normal), Growl (Normal), and Helping-Hand (Normal).
Pidgey (Male): Level Five.
Attacks: Tackle (Normal), and Sand-Attack (Ground).
Rattata (Male): Level Four.
Attacks: Tackle (Normal), Tail Whip (Normal), and Quick Attack (Normal).
Weedle (Male): Level Five.
Attacks: String-Shot (Bug), Poison-Sting (Poison), Bug-Bite (Bug), and Harden (Normal).
A/N: Author's Note: This chapter was updated as of 5/11/2012.