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Chapter 22: unblocked areas
I woke up and once again found Leaf and Red gone, though Zain was still eating. "Morning Alex!" he said, more cheerful than usual.
"What's got you in such a good mood?" I asked
"Well, I've caught one of the rarest Pokémon in Kanto" he said
"Red really let you catch the Snorlax?" Aqua asked, guessing ahead
"Yep! He said I could use it more, and he gave it to me!" Zain said, his eyes bright with excitement.
"Speaking of Red, where did he and Leaf go?" I asked.
"Oh, they went to challenge the gym" Zain replied
"Which means we shouldn't" Aqua said
"There's a place nearby called the Safari zone, why don't you check it out" Zain suggested.
That's just what we did. When we got to the entrance, a guard came up to us "welcome to the Safari Zone" he said "shall I explain the rules?"
We looked at each other "sure" I said
He nodded "in the Safari zone, all your Pokémon stay out here…even ones not in poke balls" he said, looking at Pikachu "your poke balls are then temporarily traded for 30 Safari balls. You may throw rocks and food at Pokémon, and when you feel comfortable, you can throw a Safari ball. Remember, unlike in the wild, Pokémon here are very likely to flee. Also, you are given a certain amount of time before you have to come back"
"Ok, I think we would like to go in" Aqua said
"Ok, 500 dollars each" the guard said
I blinked in surprise "500 dollars each?" I asked
"Yep, that's the fee" he replied
"We don't have that kind of money!" Aqua said
Leaf came through the entrance "you two having trouble?" she asked
"Please tell me you have 1000 dollars" Aqua said
"1000 dollars?" she asked "hmm… I can get you in, but you have to find some gold teeth that are in there"
"Deal" I said
She looked at the guard "isn't 1000 a bit expensive?" she asked
"The fee is 500 each" he said
Leaf looked thoughtful "there's absolutely no way to get you to lower the price?" she asked "not even if I brought Red over?"
The Guard looked at Leaf "you know Red?" he asked
"I don't just know him, I'm his companion" she replied
He looked back at us "and you know these two?" he asked
"Their actually good friends of mine" Leaf replied
"Very well" the guard said "good luck in there" he handed us each 30 Safari balls and took our things
"Thanks" we said, going through.
"Wait, how much time do we have?" Aqua asked
"I think Leaf got us as much as we want" I said. Aqua shrugged and we walked off.
I saw something catch the sunlight "is this the gold teeth?" Aqua asked, picking it up
"Yep, that's it" I said "now let's go back"
I turned to walk off, then tripped over a case. Aqua burst into laughter.
"It wasn't THAT funny" I said, brushing the dirt off as I stood up
"Sorry, kind of a weird day right now" she said
I rolled my eyes and opened the case. Inside were two disks "huh…this might be useful" I said, closing it and putting it away.
"DING DONG!" a loud bell echoed through the area
"I guess that's our cue to leave" Aqua said.
When we left the building, Leaf greeted us "did you get it?" she asked
I gave her the teeth "here you go"
"Great, I'll be right back" she said, then she ran into a nearby house.
"I wonder why knowing Red was so important" Aqua asked
"That's what you find odd about all this?" I asked
"Remember, I haven't been human all that long" Aqua said
Before I could reply, Leaf came back "ok, two things" Leaf said. She pulled out a disk "first off, this is strength. It can be used to push large boulders aside" she gave me the disk.
"Thanks" I said, putting it away
"Second, did you happen to find a disk out there?" she asked
I nodded and gave her one of the disks I found "just this, why?" I asked
"This is Surf, not only is it a powerful move, but it will allow us to get to the power plant" she said
"Then we should go there tomorrow, right?" I asked
"As soon as Red gets done with the gym, we'll go to Rock tunnel, then we'll all surf together" Leaf said "sound like a plan?"
"Well, we haven't battled the gym yet" I said
"You can do that once we get back" Leaf replied
"It'll take forever to get there with Zain" Aqua said "and it'll be rude to leave him"
"That's why we're flying" Leaf said, then she gave me another disk "teach this to your Charizard Aqua"
Aqua looked at the disk "I don't have a Charizard…" she said
Leaf looked at her "come on, let's get your Charmeleon evolved then" she said, Pulling Aqua away.
I thought my Wartortle Surf, then I got it to evolve into a Blastoise. Finally, the girls returned, with Red and Zain close behind. "Ok, Alex and Aqua on your Charizard, me Zain and Leaf on ours" Red said.
Both girls let out their Charizards, and Leaf's took off with them immediately "see you there!" Leaf called, as they took off.
It took some convincing, but I got Aqua onto our Charizard, and we took off. In the dullest words possible, it was thrilling. You never realize how fun it can be until your experiencing it.
I returned Charizard once we had landed, and was greeted by a splash of water. I looked over and saw Leaf and Red already in the water. I followed them with my Blastoise, and we got there pretty quickly. Zain had set up camp, so we ate and went to bed. Several thoughts swirled in my head as I lied down, but the last thought was of how I would catch Zapdos…then I fell asleep.
Yay! Another chapter done! Nothing much to say again…so yea. Remember: I love criticism, reviews encourage me, and I'm open to input. Bye for now!