Not All Arrogance (A Gary Oak Love Story) Part 13~Lord of the Pokémon
Amy's eyes slowly fluttered open as she sat up and looked blearily around her. From the looks of things she was on some sort of beach. Carefully getting to her feet, her eyes also told her that there was no one else around. It took a moment to recall the Gyrados attack but when she did she started to panic. There was no one in sight at all, nor was there anything manmade. She checked her pockets for her Pokémon and found them securely zippered in. She then checked her bag which thankfully was still on her back and thanked the gods for waterproof lining. Everything was only a bit damp at worst. She sighed and wished she had sprung for a Pokégear when she had the chance. It would have been even better to have a PokéNav, but those were so new she'd have to have hocked everything she owned to get in its price range. As it was though, she had neither.
Amy sighed and slung her bag back over her shoulders. She started heading along the beach. She felt like it was about mid-morning so by the position of the sun she determined she was probably heading north, but she didn't care much. All she knew was that if she swept off in this direction then the others, hopefully ALL of the others, probably ended up here too. She let Isis out of her Pokeball to keep her company. After a moment's thought she also released her other Pokémon. They were happy to help her search for her friends, so off they went.
She didn't go too far when she noticed something glimmer in the sand. It looked like a shell. She knew perfectly well this wasn't the time to go shell collecting, but it was really nice. It looked to be a conch. She smiled a bit as Isis skipped over and sniffed it. Suddenly the conch moved. It turned around and revealed it had a face, ON the shell.
"Willing to bet that's a Pokémon." Amy said blinking as she drew out her Pokedex.
Her Pokedex said 'Conchola, the Conch Shell Pokémon. It is related to Corsola the Coral Pokémon in genetic structure, though Conchola is Native to the Orange Islands, while Corsola is native to the Joto Region'
Amy blinked. "But this isn't either. This little guy must have washed a long way." The Conchola, which was about as big as Amy's forearms, looked up at her questioningly.
The Pokedex went on, 'Conchola's signature move is "Horn Blare" a move only shared by the Pokémon Loudard. This attack sends a powerful blast of sound that can be heard for miles around'
Amy grinned. Sure she needed to find this others, but this Pokémon may be able to help. "Okay!" she looked at her Pokémon and her eyes settled on Avion. "Avion, go after it!" she called. Avion screeched and flew into the air, quickly diving towards the shell Pokémon. Conchola shrieked and tried to dive into the sand but Avion was too quick and hit it hard, knocking in over. It shrieked again and started to cry. Amy froze.
"Uh, uh, there there?" Amy said distressed as she knelt beside the Conchola. It looked up, teary eyed. "I'm sorry okay? You're probably a long way from home. I know, how about you come along with me? And help me find my friends?" Amy asked reaching out and picking up the Pokémon. It looked up at her and cocked its body to one side. Amy sighed. "Well either way..." she pulled out a Pokeball and tapped it on Conchola. It disappeared inside and barely shook at all before stopping. Avion landed on Amy's shoulder and peered down bewildered. "Well let's hope this'll help. Go Conchola!" she called and Conchola popped out. It seemed a bit confused.
Amy smiled wanly. "Right, well, on my team all of the Pokémon have nicknames, so I'll name you... Opal. Okay?" the Conchola blinked. Then it smiled. Amy grinned back."Okay, well, do you know Horn Blare Opal?" it nodded. "Then use it, as loud as you can!"
Conchola complied and Amy, Avion, Harmony, Quasar and Isis all clamped their hands, paws and wings over their ears as the Pokémon let loose a sound like a foghorn, so loud that it shook the trees and echoed over what Amy hoped was the whole island. Only a minute after Opal stopped did two happy yells come from nearby and Amy turned to see Pikachu and Ditto running towards her. They leapt into her arms and she squeezed them tightly. When she let them go she asked where Ash and Duplica were, but from their sad looks she determined that they had no idea.
"Well, we'll just have to find them then!" Amy said fiercely and then had Opal use another Horn Blare. It was returned by a cry from the trees that sounded like... "Misty?" Amy said in surprise and ran towards the sound, the Pokémon following closely behind her.
*****
They found Misty stuck up in a tree tangled in vines with no idea how she got there. Ditto transformed into Spearow and he and Avion flew up into the tree. Amy coached them as to which vines to Peck apart. Soon Misty was down and Amy explained about Conchola's Horn Blare. Misty cooed over the conch shell Pokémon while Amy tried to figure out what exactly to do next. She asked Misty.
"Well we have to find the others I guess, and... oh my gosh my bag!" Misty yelped realising for the first time that her red bag was gone. "It had all my Pokémon in it too!" she wailed. Amy groaned. One more thing to find.
"Well, then we had better find the others, that way we'll have more people to look. Opal, think you can manage another Horn Blare?" With the next blast of sound and another few happy shrieks, this time from Ditto again, Duplica and Brock ran into the small group of trees with Misty, Amy and the Pokémon. Duplica and Ditto hugged hard when they met up again while Brock told Amy that he still had his Pokémon but his bag, like Misty's, was not around. Therefore he apparently didn't have any of his cooking supplies. Misty seemed most perturbed by this.
"What?! But I'm starving!"
Duplica giggled, "Well there's plenty of coconuts around I'm sure..."
Amy shook her head. "There's no time for that! We still have 4 friends out there to find, not to mention Misty's Pokémon..."
"And my cooking supplies!"
Amy groaned. "Yeah. Sure. Whatever. Let's just find them! Opal, we may need another Horn Blare," she said turning to her Conchola but the Pokémon was fast asleep.
"Those couple of Horn Blares must have taken a lot out of it," Brock determined and Amy nodded sadly.
"I guess we'll have to find them the old fashioned way."
*****
Meanwhile, Gary was walking along the beach towards the South judging by the sun. His hands were stuffed into his pockets next to his four Pokeballs. He still had his bag like Amy did. Of course, he didn't know that Amy had her bag. He had heard the Horn Blare but had no idea from what direction because SOMEone was yelling at him while it was going on. BOTH times.
"Hey, I think that last horn sound came from the trees, we should look there..." Ash said from a few feet behind him. Gary clenched his fists and glared over his shoulder.
"We don't know that for sure because you yelled through it. We'd just get lost in there. At least if we follow this beach we're more likely to find a port or something."
"Unless this is a deserted island, which is far more likely with Pokémon that size..."
Gary stopped and whirled around. "NOT this again! You and that giant Pikachu. NO Pokémon can get up to the size you're describing. You were dreaming or hallucinating. So shut up and talk sense for once!"
"Look I don't want Amy to get eaten by some giant-"
"THERE IS NO GIANT POKEMON!" Gary shouted and turned on his heel, once more storming up the beach.
Ash clenched his teeth and growled, "Don't you even care about Amy enough to consider-oof!" That's when Gary leaped on Ash, tackling him to the ground and punching him in the gut.
With each punch he grunted out "Of" punch "course" punch "I" punch "care about" punch "Amy" punch "you idiot!" two punches.
Ash was gasping for breath as Gary stood up shaking with anger. Ash staggered to his feet and stared at him bewildered as Gary started talking again.
"I care about her, which is why I'm looking for a port! A port means people! People who can organize a search party! All we've found is your friend's bags and no sign of Amy at all, we need help," Ash frowned but nodded in grudging agreement. That was about the point when a movement in the bushes and a flash of white caught Gary's eye. A grunt issued from them and Gary quickly drew Slasher's Pokeball, releasing the Raticate inside. It dove into the bush and yanked out a squealing little black Pokémon with a pure white pearl balanced on his head. Gary reached for his Pokedex, but Ash got his out first. According to it, the Pokémon was a Spoink but the picture Ash had was of a purple Spoink with a pink pearl. Gary smiled.
"Wow that's so cool, I'm going to catch it!" Gary smirked and Slasher held the psychic pig Pokémon still as it wriggled.
Ash pulled out his own Pokeball. "No way, I'm gonna catch it! Pokeball go!" He yelled throwing it at the Spoink, but Gary blocked it.
"My Raticate caught it; I'm going to train it. Got it Ashy-boy?" Gary said quickly demoting himself in that name calling from thinking individual to a snot-nosed kid picking on the neighbour boy.
"Well how is this helping Amy?" Ash snapped but Gary didn't seem to hear him. He was busy barking orders for Slasher to fight the Pokémon. Its Psywave was powerful, but Slasher fought through it and soon the Spoink lay in a faint. One throw from Gary and it was safely in a Pokeball. Gary picked it up and praised Slasher for a job well done.
"Well, the Spoink is mine; I think I'll call it... Roger," he smiled.
"Roger?" Ash asked confused.
"Yeah. Got a problem with that?" Gary sneered. Ash shook his head.
*****
Amy and the others were all sitting around a small fire Amy had managed to make by striking a couple pieces of flint. They hadn't found Ash, Gary, Machala or Drew, nor did they find either Misty or Brock's bags. Things weren't looking too good and Pikachu seemed extremely depressed.
"Well, on the bright side, by tomorrow I'll bet Opal will be able to use a couple more Horn Blares and we'll find them," Duplica said putting her hand on Amy's shoulder. Amy smiled back, trying to seem reassured. She wished she really could be, but fear clutched her belly and she knew it wouldn't go away until she knew Gary was alright...
'And Ash,' she thought suddenly to herself as if the thought that all her worry stemmed from Gary's absence was completely repugnant. In any case, neither were here nor were Drew or Machala. Things weren't looking good. Suddenly they heard a huge roar and they all jumped and scrambled to their feet at once.
"What was that?" Misty cried. Ditto buried itself into Duplica's chest and Pikachu, missing his partner, clutched Amy's leg in fear. Then the biggest Venesaur on the face of the planet lumbered over the trees straight towards them. Needless to say, they all screamed and ran for it.
*****
Gary and Ash, shivering out on the beach, heard the roar and screams and ran towards them. When they saw Amy and the others they were nearly run over, but Gary had a chance to see the relief break over Amy's face at the sight of them in the split second before the group grabbed the other two boys' arms and ran them away from the Venesaur who was sending out monster razor leaves in their direction. They darted into a nearby cave and Ash, breathing hard, managed to puff out an 'I told you so'. That awarded him another almost tackle from Gary and would have really gotten him one had Amy and Duplica not held the spiky haired teen back. Pikachu was glad to see its trainer however and Brock and Misty were thrilled that Ash had brought them their bags.
"Oh, by the way, I caught a weird coloured Spoink. Check it out, I named it Roger," Gary said releasing the black pig Pokémon. Amy squealed and hugged it, saying it was adorable. Gary felt a slight blush creep into his cheeks but the cave was dim, so it went unnoticed.
"And I caught a Conchola! I named it Opal!" Amy said releasing the shell Pokémon. Gary and Ash were impressed. Ash yanked out his Pokedex immediately and they puzzled, as Amy had, about how it got so far from the Orange Islands. No answer forthcoming they decided to get some sleep, after Brock made a fantastic dinner of course.
*****
Amy woke with a snap the next morning to a screeching sound from deep in the cave. She struggled to her feet, as did most of the others, save for Ash and Gary who Amy gave a swift smack to the head each. They had to get up, because what was headed for them from the interior of the cave was a giant sized Moltres!
"RUN!" Duplica yelled and they naturally did. Amy personally wondered if the running would ever stop as they found themselves heading into the giant Pikachu Ash had spotted the day before and had to change direction. Soon they had not only a giant Pikachu and Moltres on their trail, but the Venesaur, and a Kabutops to boot. Lucky for them they collided and there was a sound of scratching... metal? Brock turned around and yelled at the other to stop and look. To their amazement they saw that Moltres and Kabutops were on the ground, opened up with grey bits lying around them like a pile of scrap metal.
"They're... robots?" Ash said in wonder.
"Well no duh genius," Gary said grumpily, as if it had been obvious. Then there was a much more hospitable from their right.
"I see them! I see them!" it sounded like... Machala? She appeared through a gap in the trees, Drew beside her and Officer Jenny close behind.
"Do you kids have any idea how much it'll cost to fix those robots?" Jenny snapped seeing the damage. The other two robots seemed to have shut down for now.
"They were chasing us!" Duplica said wide eyed.
Drew groaned, "We found a port on the far north end of the beach and got a search party out. This is Pokémon Island, a major tourist attraction. The robots were sent out to find you. But you kept running around..."
"The Venesaur attacked us, it sent out razor leaves," Misty said as the Venesaur came back to life and attacked again, but this time they saw what the leaves were... packages full of food supplies. Weird, but would have useful at the time.
"Well I feel silly," Amy sighed. Gary and Ash glanced at her and shrugged. At least they could get off this island now and get back to training.
*****
Later that day Drew, Machala, Gary, Duplica and Amy were on the boat ready to depart for Lavender Town. Coincidently this was also Drew and Machala's destination. But Ash, Misty and Brock weren't anywhere to be seen.
"Where are they?" Duplica asked for the 15th time from on deck. The horn sounded and the boat started to move just as Ash and the others appeared, waving their hands in panic.
"They aren't going to make it," Amy sighed.
"Too bad they only send out the Lavender boat every three days," Machala said sounding concerned.
"Oh well, you aren't supposed to travel with him anyway right Amy?" Gary smirked and Amy glared, but half-heartedly. She was tired after all.
"Well, guess we're going to Lavender. Do they have a gym there?" Duplica asked mildly interested.
"No, but they do have the greatest Pokémon graveyard in the world. And my cousin's there too!" Machala said smiling.
Amy smiled in return. Time to get this adventure back on track.
((Joyful Note: Yes. I made up the pokemon Conchola. This was purely to reference Lord of the Flies which was the book I was reading in class while writing this part originally 2 and a half years ago. Next part is one of my favourites, so I hope you enjoy it when it comes out!))