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Chapter 7: a team of thieves

I woke up several times to screaming from a nearby room, and I assumed it was Aqua, but since the hall way was too dark to see, I didn't check, and some of the Pokémon that helped Nurse Joy took care of it. I woke up in the morning and immediately went to check on Aqua.

"Her burns keep hurting, but she's healing pretty quickly. Give her a few days, she'll be healed by a week maximum." Nurse joy said "in the meantime, try going over to rout 24 and 25, you might find something cool there."

I nodded "thanks for taking care of her, I know it's not usual." I said

"The hospital is WAY too far, and her burns were caused by Pokémon anyways. Me and Chansey are doing the best we can" she said

"See you later" I said, heading out. Well, I was alone again…besides my Pokémon, of course. Though that didn't really count, the only one I could understand was Pikachu. I went across the bridge, and was stopped by a man.

"Hey, care for a nugget?" he asked. I knew it was rhetorical when he gave it to me anyways.

"Thanks, I guess" I said

"Don't mention it" he said "you know, you look like a guy whose perfect for Team Rocket" he said "how about it? Care to join the best organization in Kanto?"

Uh oh, that wasn't good. I didn't know much about Team rocket, maybe their intentions were actually good, but I didn't really want to join a band of thieves. "No thanks, sorry" I replied.

I felt it was rude to deny the offer, but I didn't want to take the risk. "Fine, if you won't join on your own free will, I'll make you" he said. He threw a poke ball "go Ekans!"

"Ekans!"

I didn't feel so bad about denying the offer now. I threw a poke ball "go Wartortle!"

"Wartortle!"

"Use bubble beam!" I called. The Ekans didn't stand a chance

"Go Zubat!" the man said

"Use tackles!" I called. Again, no competition.

"Ok, ok, have it your way!" the man said, running off after recalling his Pokémon.

I was about to return Wartortle, but then I thought about how little I let him out. I decided to give him a treat, and let him stay out. Pikachu started talking to him pretty quickly. I thought it was amazing how Pokémon of different species could get along so well. Then again, we were talking about the equivalent of a mouse and a turtle, so there isn't really anything for them to fight about. Now a Meowth and Pikachu, that might have been a different story. Then again, how much do I really know about Pokémon?

Soon, we got to a house at the end. "What's a house doing all the way out here?" I thought out loud

"Maybe we should check it out" Pikachu suggested. It was still a bit weird hearing her speak humanly, considering the others talk in whatever you call their language. I knocked on the door, and when there was no answer, I opened it slowly. I found a Pokémon there…that was all.

"Oh, thank goodness you're here!" it said. Did my translator finally pick up on the Pokémon language?

"Uh, thanks?" I said awkwardly

"You're probably confused about me being a talking Pokémon, aren't you?" it asked.

Ok, so it wasn't just me "yea, kind of"

"Well, I kind of accidentally mixed my DNA with the DNA of a Pokémon…" he said, shifting his…paws?

So this guy could manipulate his DNA, yet they didn't have a single car in sight? Then again, I was only up to the second gym, maybe there was another city that had cars. "Oh…have you tried reversing it?" I asked

"I can't reach the controls…" he said, his awkwardness more and more apparent

"Well, its ok, I'll get it for you" I said helpfully. He seemed like a nice guy after all.

"Really? Thanks!" he said, running into a machine. I pulled a lever, and there was a lot of noise and smoke. A man came out of the second side of the machine "whew, thank goodness that's done"

"Uh, you're welcome?" I said, a bit awkward myself

"Oh, didn't introduce myself. I'm Bill, I made the PC at the Pokémon center" he said. Well, that didn't really mean much to me. "Here, for all of your troubles" he gave me what looked like a boat ticket.

"Thanks" I said, taking the ticket.

"It's the S.S. Ticket. It will help you later, trust me." Bill said "also, if you would like, you can look at my computer to see some unique, and rare, Pokémon."

"Thanks" I said, going over to the computer. There were 4 Pokémon on the computer. One of the Pokémon was brown, and looked kind of like a fox, it was called Evee. I thought it was adorable, and I could hear Aqua's squeal of delight at seeing it. The second was similar, except it was red, and its main of fur was fire. This one was called Flareon. The third Pokémon was like the first, except it was yellow, and its fur stuck up in several places, it was called Jolteon. The final Pokémon looked like the first, except it was blue and had a mermaid tail, though it did have all four legs. This was called Vaporeon.

"Those are the Evee evolutions, each obtainable through Evee" Bill said.

"Thanks again" I said, heading out.

We headed back, and noticed there was no way out of the city. There was, however, a path connecting to the back part of a house. Upon looking at the house, there was a cop that wouldn't let us in. after a bit of trying to negotiate, I gave up and went to the Pokémon center. My thoughts were mostly of Aqua as I fell asleep.

Yay! Another chapter! The next chapter is going to be different from the previous ones, you'll see how tomorrow. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Also remember my policy on Pokémon catching! Bye for now!