Chapter 3: Golett and Lanturn
"Professor Oak, look what we found!" Gordon cried when they got to shore. Ash picked up the Golett and brought it to Professor Oak. Gordon picked up Charmander and carried him to the shore, then he turned around and knelt down in the water and looked at Lanturn. "Here Lanturn, I want you to have this." Gordon reached in his bag and grabbed out his Moomoo milk from earlier. Lantern gulped it down and swam around Gordon in glee. "Gordon, I think Lanturn wants you to catch it." Ash said. "Here, use this Pokéball" Gordon took the Pokéball from his father and touched it to Lanturn. Lanturn was absorbed into it as a red energy, and the Pokéball shook three times, then the white button flashed red. Gordon had caught his first Pokémon.
As Gordon picked up the Pokéball, Professor Oak called out to Ash and Gordon. "You guys, come here, I need to show you something!" The two ran to the Lab, where inside, Professor Oak had Golett under a big machine. "This Golett has a very rare disease called Pokérus. However, something is different about this type of Pokérus. Instead of helping Golett level up faster, like Pokérus should, it is actually making Golett weaker. If you look very closely, you can see clumps of black goo attached to Golett. I believe this is a type of mutated Pokérus, because Golett is also showing signs of being badly poisoned. However, I believe that I can cure this. Go! Clawitzer!" Professor oak throws one of his Pokéballs in the air and out comes a Clawitzer. "I caught this Pokémon in Kalos. Clawitzer has the ability Mega Launcher, which boosts the power of pulse moves like Dragon Pulse or Water Pulse. So, if he uses Heal Pulse, it shout heal more than it does normally. So Clawitzer, use Heal Pulse!"
Clawitzer opened its massive claw, and rainbow and pink-colored waves vibrated from it. The black clumps of toxins slowly evaporated from Golett's body as the waves hit them, and Gordon could see Golett's eyes slowly open as the bluish Pokémon was healed. Golett slowly stood up, blinked, looked at Ash, then Gordon, then Professor Oak. "Go-Go-Golett!" Golett cried in fear as it jumped off of the small mattress on the machine. Golett ran to Gordon and hid behind his legs, and Gordon could feel Golett shaking in fear behind him. "I guess he doesn't like you." Ash said to Professor Oak with a laugh. "Char?" Charmander looked at Golett with intent, as if he was asking if the strange blue Pokémon was okay. This seemed to calm Golett down. Gordon picked Golett up and gave him a Pecha Berry from his bag. Golett devoured the berry quickly and jumped into Gordon's Bag to find another one. As he was looking, he came across Lanturn's Pokéball he opened it, and out popped Lanturn. Gollet was confused for a second, because he knew he had seen this Pokémon before, but he couldn't remember where. Then, it all came back to him. What had happened, the goo, the experiments, Cinnabar Island, the scientists, and the Lanturn that saved him when he escaped from the island. Golett slowly walked toward Lanturn and looked up at Gordon. Then Golett picked up Lanturn's Pokéball and held it up to Gordon. "Gol-Golett!" Golett Said as he tapped Lanturn's Pokéball to his own head. "I think that Golett wants to go with you too, since Lanturn is going with you. Here, have another Pokéball to catch Golett in." Said Ash, handing his son a Pokéball. Gordon tapped the Pokéball to Golett's little head, and it absorbed Golett, shook three times, and flashed red. "Awesome! I just caught a Golett!" Gordon shouted, holding the Pokéball above his head in victory. "Gordon, now that you have a team of three Pokémon," Ash said, "How about I challenge you to a battle using my three weakest Pokémon?"
"It's on, dad."
Ash throws out two of his Pokémon. "Go, Swellow and Staraptor! Both flying Pokémon emerge from their Pokéballs as he throws them. "Gordon, get onto Swellow, I'll get onto Staraptor, and we'll fly to Pewter City, where we'll have our gym battle.