RGBY - Vol. 2 - Mask of Ice Summary - A familiar foe is hunting them...
2.4 - Blue and Silver's Story. Icy Heart.
The 5-year old girl in her black dress stood on her knees shivering in fear, grabbing tightly around her arms unable to look at the rainbow-winged bird staring at her from behind nor look down from the very top of the bell tower. She only slowly lifted her face forward, seeing a tall man cloaked in black surrounded by five other children. That icy blue mask he wore, she remembered it well, her eyes looking away, glancing to the ground.
She slowly stood up on her two feet. "I... I wanna go home! T-to my family!"
The Mask of Ice spoke softly. "Family? Everything's okay child. Were your family now."
"P-please." She stuttered, her eyes still faced the ground, unable to look at the man who kidnapped her.
"Look at me." The Mask of Ice spoke.
She shuddered, afraid to look at that sinister smile carved into that mask.
"Look. At. Me." The Mask of Ice raised his voice.
Her blue eyes, shaking, continue staring at the roof tiles, the little girl biting her lower lip.
"I said... LOOK AT ME!" He raised his voice further, angrier and deeper.
Blue slowly lifted her head, afraid to see the Masked Man's sinister grin. Instead, she saw a hand flying to her face, holding a mask.
"Thank you." The Mask of Ice spoke softly.
There was no fear on the girl's face, only her body rattling with fear, the girl bearing the same grin as the Masked Man.
"Come. I'm expecting wonderful achievements from you... as my able assistants." The Mask of Ice turned around.
The girl finally lifted her head fully as the Masked Man turned around. She could see four of the children following the Masked Man. She slowly shifted her head around, noticing that the giant bird was no longer there. She felt a sense of relief, taking a deep breath, as she noticed the edge of the tiled roof. She slowly looked down, swallowing in fear, finding herself lost in unknown land she couldn't recognize, far different from Pallet Town in Kanto. She looked back, seeing the Masked Man in the distance, waiting for her.
"Come children. We haven't all day." The Mask of Ice spoke.
She looked at the tall man and the four children surrounding him, all bearing the same masks, grinning to her.
"Where else was she to go?" she kept thinking to herself. "Where could she go? Could she escape them? How would she be able to fend for herself. Could she... who was that?"
Blue looked to the masked person standing in front of her, a young boy bearing striking red hair.
Blue hesitated. "W... who are you?"
The young boy didn't answered, his silvery eyes only glancing to the roof tiles like she did a few moments ago.
"I-I'm scared..." The boy responded.
Blue gulped. "Is he like me? Or those other kids like me?" Blue spoke. "I-I am too."
Days passed in Blue's new home, a metal-surfaced room full of furniture, from two warm beds to a couple of desks to each side of the room. There was even a blue rug on the bottom. Even then, this furniture could not masked the cold chill the metal yielded. That didn't stopped Blue from smiling at the young boy.
Blue took a good look at the young boy. She could see silvery eyes behind that cold mask.
"My name's Blue!" Blue let out a happy tone.
"Blue?" The boy said.
"Yup." She happily spoke. "I come from Pallet Town! That's where my parents are... probably worried sick I bet. Um... What's your name?"
"I-I don't remember."
"Wh-what about your parents?"
"I don't remember them either."
"Anything? Your home?"
"I'm sorry."
"Hmm..." Blue again took a look at the boy's silvery eyes behind that mask. "I know! I'll call you Silver then! Since your eyes are silver in color!"
"Silver?" The boy spoke.
"Is-is Something wrong?"
"No." The boy spoke.
"Oh... um. Okay." Blue sighed, her eyes glancing to the blue rug below her knees.
"Thank you... for the name." Silver spoke.
Blue's eyes looked at Silver full of happiness. She couldn't help but smile underneath the mask.
"Sneasel!" Sneasel was sent flying to the young Silver.
"Oof!" Silver fell on his bottom with Sneasel on his stomach.
The young silver-haired girl only crossed her arms, shaking her head.
"Pathetic." The silver-haired girl spoke.
"Silver!" Blue and her Jigglypuff ran up to the red-haired boy. "Are you okay?"
"I... I'm alright." Silver said.
"Sneasel?" Sneasel worriedly look at Silver, ignoring his injuries.
Suddenly the four noticed that they found themselves in the shadow of a large man.
Blue's eyes froze, frightened of who might be behind her. She slowly turned her head around, seeing the man's sinister grin.
"Is something wrong?" The Mask of Ice spoke, eyeing Silver on the ground along with his weakened Sneasel.
"N-no. Nothing's wrong!" Blue shook her hands as Jigglypuff hid behind her legs frightened.
"Are you lying?" The Mask of Ice bent his right knee close to Blue.
"N-no! Of course not!" Blue nervously backed up, the Masked Man's face moving closer and closer to her own.
She could see a ghostly dim white light within those hollow eyes, staring directly into her own.
"You know Blue. I despise lying in my family. It's not healthy to lie to family. Don't you agree?"
"I... I... um... "
"Is Silver hurt?" The Masked Man's ghostly eyes glanced to Silvers.
Blue looked to Silver, she couldn't see if he was angry, sad or afraid under that mask. Silver just stood there, watching curiously at the two.
"Um..."
"Does he need help?"
"W-what?"
"Does he need help battling? What good are parents if they can't teach?"
Blue gulped, unsure what to say to the masked stranger she just met in a few days, unsure what he would do to Silver if he learnt he got hurt. Would he scold him? Would he be unable to tolerate weakness? She didn't want to know the answer to that question.
"Yes." Silver spoke.
"Silver!" Blue shouted. She suddenly covered her mouth with both hands as the Mask of Ice eyed her guilty.
The Mask of Ice stood up, turning to the young boy.
"Really?" The Mask of Ice spoke softly. "Anything in particular? Weaknesses? Limitations?"
"I don't really know anything about battling."
Blue looked frightened at Silver's fate.
"I see..." The Mask of Ice nodded. "That's good Silver."
"Um... what?" Blue thought.
"We will get no progress if we don't know your limitations and weaknesses." The Mask of Ice calmly spoke. "How can you surpass those limitations if we don't even know what they are? How much do you know about typings young Silver?"
"Typings?" Silver looked up.
"There are Pokemon types Silver that matches up effectively against other Pokemon types. Karen over there uses an Eevee, it's a normal type. What do you think Sneasel should do?"
"I don't know?" Silver bluntly answered.
"Your Sneasel should use a fighting-type move. Does it know any?"
"M-maybe he isn't such a bad guy." Blue thought. She turned to Jigglypuff behind her, feeling a sense of relief. "What do you think Jiggly?"
"Excuse me?" The Mask of Ice turned to Blue.
Blue noticed the Masked Man's ghostly eyes glaring at her as if she was guilty of something.
"D-did I do something wrong?"
"Did you gave your Pokemon a nickname?"
"Yes?"
The Masked Man stood tall, looming over her.
"Don't ever give your Pokemon's nicknames."
"Jiggly?" Jigglypuff gulped.
"They are tools. Not your friends."
"B-but Prof. Oak in Pallet Town says..."
"Pallet Town?" The Masked Man's voice grew deeper. "Forget everything about Pallet Town. Let the past die girl."
"W-what?! But what about my parents!" She stood straight up, shouting.
"Your parents?" The Mask of Ice said. "Your parents forgotten about you. They no longer live in Pallet Town. They moved on to somewhere else living much richer lives."
"W-what? N-no. No. Your lying." A tear emerged from her eye.
"Am I? As were speaking now, they've moved on. They're bored of you little Blue. That's all children are to most parents. Entertainment to fill their miserable long-time relationships." The Mask of Ice spoke softly.
"No. Your lying. They would never abandon me!" Blue cried.
Her entire body felt heavy, shattering apart as she felt a cold hand patting gently her left shoulder. She looked up, her teary eyes seeing the icy hand on her left shoulder.
"But I'm here for you." The Mask of Ice spoke. "I'll always be there for you... as long as you never betray me."
The girl lifted her head, to that sinister grin, tears dripping underneath the mask.
"Think about it." The Mask of Ice stood up, slowly walking away.
"Why? Why is he doing this?" Blue cried. "Why... Why won't he let us out?"
Blue suddenly paused, feeling a warm embrace around her body.
"Silver?" Blue looked at the young boy.
"I'm sorry. I thought..." Silver hugged her.
"Thank you." Blue hugged back.
"Hmm..." The Mask of Ice glanced back. He softly whispered. "Beautiful they are togetheras I thought. Their the perfect partners."
The Mask of Ice sat in his red chair near the fire place, watching the children opening gifts near the Christmas Tree.
"Wow." Blue smiled at the yarn of black and white thread. She turned to the Mask of Ice wearing that grin. "Um... thank you."
"Jiggly?" Jigglypuff eyed the yarn.
"Thank you sir!" The black haired boy known as Will found a lovely red tie, matching it around his neck. "What do you think Natu?"
"Natu." Natu happily chirped.
"Thank you!" The silver-haired girl known as Karen founded a silver bell with a soothing sound in her gift box. "This will help you evolve further Eevee!"
"Vee!" Eevee nodded.
"Wow! Thank you sir!" A tall black-haired boy smiled at the red disc, a TM disc, in his hands.
"Whoof!" Houndour smiled.
"Thank you sir. I appreciate this wonderful gift." The tall red-headed girl, Sham, smiled at the amulet coin in her hand.
"Meow." Meowth licked her paws.
"And what do you say... Silver?" The Mask of Ice turned his attention to Silver.
Silver paused there holding the brown TM disc in his hands, glaring at him through those eye holes. He could still remember that red-headed girl's screaming, watching what the Mask of Ice slowly freezing her before Blue got here.
"Silver!" Blue let out a urgent whisper.
Silver turned to her, she could see she was worried, sweating nervously, shifting her eyes back to the Masked Man and him. Her face was saying, "Please."
"Silver." The Masked Man spoke, gently placing crossing his fingers together. "Do you want revenge for what I did?"
Silver just silently glared at the tall man, he no longer felt fear shook to his bone. Only anger.
"No." Silver spoke calmly. "Thank you for the TM sir."
"That girl. She was around Blue's age wasn't she?" The Masked Man stood up, eyeing Silver. "Remember what happened last time Silver."
The Masked Man turned around slowly walking out.
"I will remember." Silver spoke behind.
The Masked Man stopped walking, glancing back to the red-haired kid. Blue's eyes widened in fear, like something bad was going to happen... but nothing happened. The Masked Man continue walking forward as Silver just stood there watching.
"Silver!" Blue shouted. "What are you thinking!"
"I-I'm sorry." Silver looked to the ground, twiddling his thumbs.
"What were you thinking?" Karen spoke. "You got nerves kid."
"But stupidity as well!" Will happily spoke. "I like you kid!"
"Just remember your place kid." Carl spoke.
"Yeah. He's doing a lot for us!" Sham yelled.
"He kidnapped us from our parents!" Blue shouted.
"Oh please!" Carl rolled his eyes. "Me and Sham don't even have parents!"
"What?" Blue looked at Carl.
"You heard him." Sham stood up, crossing her arms. "You should be more grateful that the Masked Man gave you this opportunity to get stronger."
"You would never know the feeling." Blue spoke.
"I'm sorry?" Sham said.
"Having parents who love you only to be taken away from them." Blue angrily clenched her hand into a fist. "Of course two orphans who never had any parents to begin with wouldn't understand!"
"You little!" Sham cracked her knuckles.
Blue stepped back, seeing Sham angrily wielding a fist.
"Whoa! Whoa girls!" Will stepped in-between. "Let's... let's not start a fight! Were family after all! The Masked Man wouldn't want to see in-fighting right?"
Sham glared at Will. "What would you..."
"He's right." Karen brushed her long hair to the back. "Picking a fight with a family member is picking a fight with the Masked Man. Control yourself."
"That..." Sham gulped. She angrily turned to the exit, heading back to her room. "Fine! Whatever."
Silver watched Carl following Sham out of the room wondering. "Family?"
The moon shined brightly through the bar windows as Blue and Silver sat on their knees on the blue rug.
"Hey Silver!" Blue let out a happy soft voice underneath her mask as she held her hands behind her back.
"Yes Blue?" Silver spoke, looking slightly taller than before.
"I know it's your birthday! So remember that fabric I got from Christmas? It honestly took me a while... a few thirty tries actually but I finally did it!" Blue let out a smile underneath that mask. She quickly pulled her gift from behind her back. "Ta-da!"
"Wow Blue!" Silver sounded happy at the sight of the two pairs of gloves, one white and the other black. "But why are there two pairs of them?"
"There's a pair for you and a pair for me! I even branded our names into the gloves. See!"
Blue showed the young boy his name "Silver" imprinted within the black glove.
"Wow! This is amazing Blue! I love it!" Silver quickly put them on but the gloves seem a little loose. "Hey! These are a little too big?"
"Yeah silly! Your suppose to grow into them over time! I think they stretch finely when you grow up Silver!" Blue smiled. "Also..."
"Thank you Blue." Silver let out a smile under his mask.
"Oh um... your welcome!" Blue said.
Blue and Silver stood behind a wall, peeking at the watchtowers around the massive fortress, making their escape! Blue turned back to Silver, seeing that white mask bearing that grin.
"Silver are you okay?" Blue looked at the young boy.
"Yeah." Silver answered.
"Good! Today is the only chance we can escape! It's all or nothing!" Blue said. "But first. Let's take these masks off before we escape!"
"Um... okay." Silver spoke.
Blue and Silver gently placed there hands at each other masks, taking them off. Blue let out a wide smile, feeling the breeze against her soft skin and long brown hair.
"We took off the masks..." Blue smiled. "Just as I thought. That man's at his weakest today."
"Yeah." Silver looked at his mask.
Blue looked at the young boy, smiling at him. She gently reached out to him, touching his face.
"Wow Silver. So this is how you look like!" Blue smiled. "Your such a cutey underneath that mask!"
"C-cutey?" Silver blushed red.
"Whew! We should be safe now!" Blue held tightly onto Silver's hands, her feet echoing against the metal corridor. "Because I think we're almost near the exit!"
"Yeah." Silver nodded.
The two walked forward, their eye's frozen in fear what they saw. The Mask of Ice standing in front of them, waiting. They stood still, afraid of what he would do to them for escaping.
"Huh?" Blue noticed something odd about that 'Masked Man'. She took a deep breath, feeling a sense of relief. "That scared me there. They're just ice sculptures."
"There's sculptures of us too." Silver pointed.
Blue and Silver looked at the giant ice sculpture, the Mask of Ice standing with his "family", Carl and Sham on the left, Will and Karen to the right, and there was them, Blue and Silver, at the front wearing those masks grinning delightfully.
"Creepy." Blue said. "This must be that man's room."
"Green." Silver looked afraid. "We don't know where he's hiding. He could be nearby..."
"Yeah..." Blue looked at a red curtain covering the pathway. "He's every near indeed. He's sleeping on the other side of that curtain.
"What!?" Silver gasped.
"But don't worry!" Blue gave a confident smile.
Silver looked at her, she was so much different from the terrified little girl he saw on the tower.
"He can't move a limb today!" Blue said. "That man becomes weak once every few months and according to my calculations! That's today!"
"So we escape!" Silver smiled.
"Not yet! We can't just go away like that!" Blue spotted something from a nearby desk. Two feathers, a rainbow feather and a silver feather, on not just any desk. The Mask of Ice's desk. She stuck her tongue happily. "We'll need souvenirs!"
"S-souvenirs?" Silver said.
"You fool..." A short old man in his wheel chair spoke weakly, sculpting something out of ice. "You let those two escaped."
On his bed, Swinub laid there sleeping next to an icy mask. Nearby on that same bed, a scroll showing two feathers, the rainbow and silver feather. In the middle of the scroll were blueprints, a golden Pokeball with the markings "GS" engraved into it. Pryce looked at two picture frames on a small table, one showing a baby Lapras lovingly with his parents. The other one showed Pryce as a young kid full of black hair smiling with his friends Sam, Agatha, Kurt, the couple they met who became the owners of the daycare in Johto. How long has it been since he talked to his old friends? He couldn't even remember the daycare couple's names.
"You did this to yourself. Did you desired to be surrounded by love and warmth?" Pryce sighed with his eyes close. He opened his eyes, glancing at his own reflection in the ice sculpture. "And now they took the feathers required to make the Pokeball that can capture time."
He looked up to his finished ice sculpture. It wasn't a tall looming masked figure bearing a grin. Nor were the children bearing those white masks grinning together. It was Pryce in the middle, smiling happily surrounded by love and warmth, his family. Carl, Sham, Karen, Will, Blue and Silver were all there. They looked like sweet loving children who were happy and playful, looking up to Pryce not as a leader but as a loving father-figure.
"Why?" Pryce coldly spoke. "Did you feel lonely? You should have cast away this kind of emotion long ago..."
Silver could feel his arm pulled tightly by Blue as they saw a light.
"See that light! Were almost there Silver!" Blue smiled. "The real world! The outside world! Were so close!"
"Sneasel! Jiggly!" Sneasel and Jigglypuff smiled jumping heavily against the breeze.
"Wow!" Silver couldn't believe what was happening. The real world! It was just in there reach!
The sun shined warmly on their faces, they found themselves standing on the grassy plains that stretched as far as the eye can see, rolling into hills almost like the sea itself, they could see a lake weeping back and forth calmly as the winds, birds flying and chirping high across the sky chirping, purple mountains at the edge of the horizon. No walls, no bars, no watchtowers. Just the world from where they stood. It was beautiful.
"A-amazing..." Silver smiled.
"Sneasel... Jiggly..." Sneasel and Jiggly couldn't keep their mouth's closed, smiling at the world.
"Yeah." Blue felt a tear coming down from her eye.
"A-are you crying?" Silver spoke.
"Huh? No! Just something in my eye." Blue rubbed it off.
Blue looked up to the blue sky laying there in the grass. She could see her white glove raised to the sky, smiling as a tear slowly slided against her face.
"How long has it been since... that day?" Blue spoke.
"Um... are you crying?" Red stood over her.
"Hmm? Oh nothing." Blue got up, wiping the tear off. "Just thinking about my childhood."
"Childhood. You mean Pryce right?"
"Yeah that Pryce. You know. He actually wasn't that bad. He was strict, watchful and he wasn't kidding about his threats but he did teach me and Silver a lot about battling and putting our talents to use."
"It's honestly hard to believe the man who is friends with Professor Oak andwho loved Pokemon with all his heart is the same man who wore that sinister persona."
"Yeah. Even though he did help us get stronger. He still did terrible things. The way he manipulated me, telling me my parents have forgotten and moved on. I know I often seem confident all the time but at the time I was really terrified for my life."
"Honestly." Red looked up to the sky. "I'd be terrified too if someone kidnapped me and told me my parents abandoned me and moved on."
"Yeah." Blue looked to the sky, holding her knees. "I hope Silver is doing okay in Vermillion."
"Hey guys." Green walked over the grass. "It's time to go. Were close to Mt. Moon!"
"Okay." Blue sprung up with a smile, stretching her arms. "That's the place where I caught my Clefable as a Clefairy!"
"Oh! That's right!" Red said. "That's the only place you can find Clefairy's in Kanto!"
"Mhmm!" Blue smiled.
It was getting dark, a ten year old girl wearing a red jacket and golden shorts cautiously walkedthrough the dark tunnels of Mt. Moon with her Doduo. She held onto the flashlight tightly shaking, looking nervous as ever, seemingly lost.
"Zuuuu!" Zubat's everywhere flocked past the girl.
"Eeep!" The brown-haired girl ducked cover.
"Eeep!" The Doduo spoke ducking as well.
She looked up, then to the front and then behind. There were no Zubats in sight anymore.
"Hehehe…" The girl chuckled. "I think we both got scared."
"Doduo! Both got scared! Doduo!" The Doduo repeated.
"Hey uh… are you lost?" A voice to the side echoed.
"Is… is someone else here." The girl gulped, turning her flashlight to where the voice came from.
"Are you alright?" A trainer in his red cap came alongside with three other trainers and an old little floating Pokemon bearing horns.
"Yeah and… " The girl gasped smiling at the group. "I know who you are! Your Red! The Pokemon Champion who defeated Team Rocket at Saffron!"
"Hoopa?" Hoopa had no clue what she was talking about.
"Um... yeah. Yes. Yes I am!" Red smiled. "Huh?"
The girl spun, switching up her clothing almost instantly, wearing a red cap, a red jacket and jeans… kind of like... Red?
"Uh… how did you..."
"I'm your number 1 fan!" She smiled widely. She then noticed the man next to Red. The young girl pointed her finger at him quickly with an even bigger smile. "I know who you are! Your Green! You were in second place and also helped Red beat those Rocket goons!"
"Yeah that... wait? Helped Red?" Green said. His eyes widen slightly at the girl. "What?"
Green looked at the little girl oddly wearing a green vest, blue jeans and even using a comb to sport her short hair into Green's natural spiky hair.
"Uh…" Green had no clue what to say.
"And your Yellow!" The girl switched clothes, wearing Yellow's signature black and yellow outfit along with her straw hat. "You saved so many people defeating the Elite Four all those years back!'
"Hoopa?" Hoopa looked to Yellow, still having no clue what the little girl was talking about.
"Uh… yes?" Yellow looked at her odd. "What's with the clothe changing?"
"Huh? Oh I love cosplaying as my heroes! I'm Nina! Copycat Trainer Extraordinaire!" She smiled.
"The Copycat Trainer?" They all said looking at Nina.
"Mhmm!" She nodded.
"Well. Then I guess you would know who I am." Blue smiled, pointing at herself.
"Uh…" She took a closer look. "Well…
Blue stood there silently smiling.
"I have no clue." She bluntly spoke.
"What!?" Blue shouted. "I was third place in the Pokemon League! I defeated Team Rocket as well alongside Red and Green!"
"Isn't third place like the bronze medal?" The Copycat Trainer crossed her arms. "Like last place?"
"A… are you serious right now!" Blue's face turned red, her teeth gritted.
"Hey." Green interrupted their little commotion. "What's a little girl doing here in a dark cave anyway?"
"Hey. That's right." Blue calmed down, eyeing the girl with suspicion. "Why are you down here by yourself?"
"Little?!" She raised her voice. "I'm sorry! Weren't you guys ten years old when you explored Mt. Moon!"
"Eleven, not ten. Most trainers start at the age of 11, not 10." Red said. "So why are you here?"
"I came here all the way from Saffron City so I can catch one of my favorite Pokemon!" The Copycat Trainer smiled eagerly.
"Doduo! Favorite Pokemon! Doduo!" Doduo spoke.
"Did… did that Doduo just talked?" Blue's eyes looked puzzled, pointing at the two-headed bird.
"I think it did." Red also looked puzzled. "Can Doduo that?"
"No." Yellow added, also looking puzzled. "My Dodrio has never done that!"
"Oh well I taught him to mimic human speech!" Nina proudly placed her fist on her chest.
"Why?" Red said.
"Anyways!" Nina brushed off the question. "I wanted to catch a Clefairy!"
"A clefairy?" Red said.
"Y-you didn't answered the previous question." Blue said.
"Yes! They're one of my favorites. I always wanted one since kindergarten!" The Copycay trainer shake excitedly. "I love the way how they hop and spin! Also their metronome attack is so cool!"
"A Clefairy? I can help you!" Blue smiled.
"Your ignoring the talking Doduo too Blue?" Yellow sighed. "Are we just gonna ignore that?" Yellow sighed.
"Help?" Green turned to Blue. "Weren't you just turning red and angry a minute ago?"
"Hey!" Blue turned to Green. "It's a chance to prove my skills."
"To a ten year old." Green crossed his arms.
"That! I mean! Um... whatever!" Blue turned to the Copycat Trainer.
"How can you help me?" The Copycat Trainer asked.
"Simple! Come out Clefable!" Blue beamed opened a Poke ball.
"Clefable!" Clefable popped into the air, landing onto the tunnel. She looked around, noticing that the cave looked familiar. "Clefable? Clefable!"
Clefable happily hopped backed and forth much to the awe of the Copycat Trainer.
"Wow! Why is Clefable so happy?"
"This is where I captured her silly." Blue said. "She's happy to be back home and through her! I'll find you a Clefairy!"
"Hey." Green said. "Don't forget why were here."
"Oh right." Blue sighed.
"No. It's alright. You guys go on ahead." Red smiled.
"Really?" Blue looked surprised.
"We'll go off searching for clues. You guys go ahead and find that Clefairy."
"Um… thanks Red." Blue looked surprised. Just yesterday he looked depressed. Now he's suddenly smiling right now. "We'll be back at the exit okay guys!"
"Alright! See you on the other side!" Red gave her a thumbs up.
"You too!" Blue gave him a thumbs up.
Red, Yellow and Green looked at the trail of footprints as Hoopa floated forwards, curiously looking at the many moonstone sparkling from the tunnelway.
"Hoopa!" Hoopa saw a rather big moonstone.
"What is this?" Green took a closer look at the ground.
"Can… can you tell how old are they?" Red said.
"Do you see something we don't?" Yellow added.
"Not a clue." Green stood up. "Not to mention..."
"Oh." Red and Yellow sighed at the obvious problem here.
There were footprints of all sorts of shoe and footprints across this cave.
"This is one of the few routes between Pewter City and Cerulean City." Green said. "A lot of traffic comes through here during the day. Any ideas Red?"
"Hmm… I remember Brock said he came to Mt. Moon to look for fossils."
"Fossils? I think I have a clue. People looking for fossils are generally looking to the lower floors."
"Okay! Let's go!" Red smiled.
"C'mon Hoopa." Yellow said. "Uh... Hoopa?"
"Hoopa!" Hoopa happily muttered behind a pile of moonstones in his hands.
The 11-year old brown-haired girl in her usual black dress explored the tunnels of Mt. Moon with a tiny blue turtle by her side.
"So this route leads up to Cerulean City." Blue looked at the regional map in her hands. "Hmm... says here I should go this way!"
She smiled, pointing at a dead-end.
"AAH!" Blue grabbed her hair, stomping her feet to the ground frustrated. "Why is this cave so huge!"
"Squirtle." Squirtle sighed.
"Clefairy!" A pink fairy-like Pokemon hopped past them.
"Huh?" Blue lifted her head up. She smiled. "A Clefairy! Come here! I have to catch you!"
She quickly ran after the Clefairy hopping across the dark corridor.
"Clefairy?" Clefairy glanced back, noticing the girl and her Squirtle chasing her.
"Squirtle! Water Gun!" Blue shouted.
"Squirtle!" Squirle's mouth was chock-full of water.
The little turtle unloaded a beam of water at the Clefairy but the Clefairy only hopped over it, sticking her tongue out at the two mid-air.
"Come back here!" Blue shouted.
"Clefairy!" Clefairy chuckled, hopping away.
"Clefable!" Clefable leaped across the tunnel.
Blue and the Copycat trainer ran after the frolicking Clefable leading the way.
"Clefable!" Clefable stopped.
"Clefairy?" A Clefairy stopped to gaze at Clefable, the final evolved form of Clefairy. She smiled waving hello. "Clefairy!"
"Oh there's one!" Blue smiled, spotting the Clefairy.
"Alright Doduo!" The Copycat Trainer pointed to the Clefairy.
"Clefairy? Clefairy!" Clefairy hopped into battle.
"Doduo! Use Peck!" The Copycat Trainer pointed.
"Doduo! Use Peck! Doduo!" The Doduo ran after the Clefairy, pecking the air and the ground repeatedly.
Clefairy hopped backwards, the Doduo landing his pecking beak at the Fairy Pokemon.
"Clefairy?" Clefairy tripped against a rock.
The Clefairy stumbled her head against the ground. It slowly got up from it's bottom, rubbing it's head. This was the perfect time to capture!
"Alright! Capture!" The Copycat Trainer threw the Poke Ball at the Clefairy.
The Poke Ball bumped Clefairy in the shoulder, opening in a flash of light!
"Yes!" The trainer smiled.
"Hold on a minute. Look." Blue pointed
The Poke Ball wiggled once. It wiggled a second time, and a third time... breaking free!
"What!?" Nina gasped.
"Clefairy!" Clefairy grinned over the broken Pokeball hopping into action. "Clefairy!"
The Clefairy jumped to the two-headed bird, slapping the Doduo's two heads several times!
"Doduo!" Doduo was sent tumbling across the floor.
"Aww… it didn't work this time." The Copycat trainer said.
"Don't worry! You just need to weaken it further." A familiar voice came by.
"Huh?" Blue and the Copycat Trainer turned around.
Blue let out a smile. "Brock!"
"Clefairy!" Clefairy hopped over the tackling Squirtle.
"Squirtle!" Squirtle laid there roughed up from the rocky floor.
"Poke Ball!" Blue smiled, threw the Pokeball to the Clefairy in the air.
"Clefairy!?" Clefairy saw a Pokeball flashing open in front of her.
The Pokeball landed onto the ground, wiggling once. twice. thri... POOF! The Pokeball broke opened.
"Clefairy!" Clefairy held a grin on her face.
"Awww! Why!" Blue said. "Huh? What are you doing?"
Blue noticed the Clefairy waving it's fingers.
"Clefairy!" A flaming kanji symbol burst from her fingers.
"Whoa! Fire Blast!?" Blue quickly ducked.
"Clefairy!" A blizzard of snow burst from her fingers.
Blue continued ducking. "Blizzard too!? Amazing!"
"Clefairy!" A beam of solar energy shot out of Clefairy's finger.
"Solar Beam too!?" Blue shouted amazed.
"Clefairy!" Clefairy sized-up it's body, crossing her arms proudly.
"Whoa!" Blue got up. She smiled widely with a determined look in her eye. "Now I definitely want you!"
"Squirtle!" Squirtle stood at her side smiling.
"Clefairy?" Clefairy took a battle stance.
"Squirtle!" Squirtle also took a battle stance.
"Clefairy!" Clefairy waved it's fingers again.
"It's that strange thing Clefairy is doing again!" Blue clenched her hands into a fist. "Get ready Blasty!"
"Clefairy!" Clefairy shouted, exploded.
Blue stood back, puzzled at what just happened? " Uh... are... are you alright?"
"Cle...fai...ry..." Clefairy laid there on her back with spiraled eyes covered in smoke, her swinging fingers twitching.
"Huh. Um. Go Pokeball?" Blue threw the Pokeball with little effort at the fainted Clefairy.
The Pokeball flashed opened with the Clefairy inside. This time, the Pokeball didn't wiggle. Instantaneously, the Pokeball flashed with sparks. It was a success!
"Alright!" Blue grabbed the Pokeball. "I caught a Clefairy!"
"Squirtle!" Squirtle leaped in the air happily.
"Well new friend!" Blue smiled at the Pokeball. "I'm glad to have you on the team! I know will have lots of adventures together and meet many friends! Let's get you to a Pokemon Center!"
"Clefable?" Clefable placed her finger on her chin, curiously looking at Brock.
"Hey there guys." Brock smiled at the two. "I know we don't meet a lot but I recognize a friendly face when I see one, Blue! How's the rest of the gang? Red, Green and Yellow?"
"Oh man! It's Brock!" The Copycat trainer eyes sparkled widely.
She quickly switched clothing, wearing Brock's orange shirt and a pair of baggy brown pants combing her hair into Brock's spiky hair.
"Wow." Brock smiled at the young trainer. "You must be a huge fan of famous trainers young lady. It's not easy swapping clothes that fast."
"Not all of them clearly…" Blue muttered.
"Hey. Aren't you forgetting something?" Brock pointed at the Clefairy.
"Oh! Right!" The Copycat Trainer turned around
She could see the Clefairy hopping away from the battle!
"Oh no you don't!" Nina pointed at the Clefairy! "Doduo! Use Uproar!"
"Doduo! Use Uproar! Doduo!" Doduo chased after the Clefairy opening his beak, letting out loud sound waves!" Doooooduuuooo! Uuuuse uuuuprooooar!"
"Clefairy!" Clefairy could feel the soundwaves phasing through, pushing her off the ground!
The Clefairy rolled and tumbled to the ground, weakened and tired, gritting her teeth.
"Alright! Let's try this again!" Nina smiled, throwing another Pokeball.
The Pokeball flashed opened, beaming the Clefairy into the Pokeball. The Pokeball landed on the ground, swinging back and forth. It clicked and sparkled.
"Yay!" The Copycat Trainer grabbed the Pokeball. "I caught a Clefairy!"
"Alright!" Brock clapped.
"Yeah. You did great. If you find a moonstone laying around here. It'll also evolve into a Clefable." Blue smiled.
"Really?" Nina looked up to her.
"Yeah! I'm an expert in evolving Pokemon! Prof. Oak himself gave me the title, "The Evolver"."
"I should do it right away than!" Nina said.
"Well hold on! You don't want to do it right away." Blue said. "If you do, it won't be able to learn some more powerful moves early on as Clefairy. You'd want to train it first of course!"
"I never knew that!" Nina smiled. "You really are a powerful trainer aren't you? I wouldn't be able to find that Clefairy if you didn't came."
"Oh. Um. Thank you."
"Also!" The Copycat trainer switched clothes. "Ta-da!"
"Hey. That's my old dress I used to wear." Blue smiled.
The Copycat Trainer wore a black dress extending from her shoulders to her knees as a skirt, sporting her brown hair as long as Blue's.
"Wow! It's like looking at a little me! In fact you actually almost look like me back when I was… hey wait a minute!" Blue jumped. "How'd you know what I wore so long ago? You said you had no clue about me!"
"Um… hehehe…" Nina twiddled her thumbs with a guilty smile. "Well… I sort of knew you but I didn't think third place was a big deal at the time. Sorry about that."
"Hrmm." Blue eyed the nervous girl. She took a deep breath and smiled. "Well. That's fine. Let's get out of here and meet Red and the others."
"Red and the others?" Brock said.
"Yeah." Blue looked to Brock. "They came to look for you because… well… did you hear what happened to Misty?"
"No. Did something bad happened?"
"Yeah. She apparently got attacked by someone disguised as Red. Her Starmie was angry at Red and now she and some of her Pokemon are missing."
"What!?" Nina jumped. "Not the great water trainer Misty!"
"I see." Brock said. "That is a huge concern. I hope Starmie and Lanturn are doing well with the maids."
"Huh?" Blue said. "Yeah… I hope there doing well with the maids too…"
"Let's go." Brock smiled. "I know the way out better than anyone!"
Nina smiled. "Alright! The famous Brock is leading the way out!"
"Yeah." Blue stood behind, eyeing Brock oddly.
"Look at this. It appears there was an attack." Green looked at a particular digging spot near a shovel.
"Yeah." Red looked at the scratch marks, burnt rocks, boulder sliced into two! "I hope Brock is fine. Huh?"
A phone began beeping in Red's pocket. Red picked it up, a Pokegear! On the screen it displayed Blue's face and her white and red hat as an 8-bit sprite.
"Blue?" Red picked up the call.
"What does she have to say?" Green asked.
"Hey guys! We found Brock!" Blue said.
"You found him! Is he alright!" Red shouted worriedly.
"Hey! Hey! Cool your jets! He's fine. Ain't that right Brock?"
"I'm fine. I appreciate the concern." Brock's voice echoed from the call.
"Hoopa?" Hoopa noticed something shining brightly red on the floor.
"Hoopa?" Yellow looked at him. "What are you looking at?"
"Oh thank you." Red felt relieved. "Does he know about Misty?"
"Um… he does." Blue said. "But we now know Brock's alright! We'll go meet at the entrance! Oh and one more thing."
"Yeah? What is it?" Red said.
"Just in case trouble comes by. Get your Pokemon ready okay?" Blue said.
"Um… Of course! I'll see ya soon!" Red hanged up the phone.
"Um… guys?" Yellow grabbed something red and shiny.
"Hoopa?" Hoopa eyed the object curiously.
"What?" They both turned.
"I found Brock's… Kabutops." Yellow held a Pokeball holding Kabutops in the palm of her hand.
"What?" Red and Green both spoke at the same time, their eyes grew worrisome.
"K-Kabutops? Does Brock know Kabutops is down here?" Red said.
"Hey Yellow." Green said.
"Yeah Green?"
"You can read minds. Release Kabutops, heal him if you have to and ask him what happened here. I… I have a really bad feeling about this." Green said.
"Um… okay." Yellow held another Pokeball from her belt in the other hand. "Kabutops! Golem! Go!"
The Pokeballs beamed opened, Golem stood there calmly but Kabutops. He stood there fidgeting, horrified, cautious.
"KABUTOPS!?" Kabutops shouted, angrily holding his blades to the nearest person he saw, Yellow.
"Whoa Kabutops!" Yellow gulped backing off.
"Golem! Golem!" Golem rushed to Yellow's defense, speaking to the Kabutops struck with fear. Golem waved his arms around explaining what happened.
"Good idea Yellow." Green understood. "We don't know what Kabutops has been through. Speaking to one of Brock's former Pokemon, Golem, is a great idea."
"Kabutops…" Kabutops slowly stood on one knee, taking a deep breath. He turned his face to Yellow, smiling at her.
"I see." Yellow smiled.
"What did he say?" Red spoke.
"He finally recognizes me and he's happy to see me." Yellow smiled. She turned to Kabutops. "I'm surprised you remember me after all these years."
"Kabu." Kabutops smiled again.
"Golem." Golem nodded happily.
"He says he never forgets a face, especially a friend of Golems. Also heehee… he says I've grown into a fine trainer. Evolving Graveller into Golem." Yellow flushed a bit at the praise.
"Yeah Yellow." Red smiled. "You really have grown strong."
"This is all good and all." Green interrupted. "But does he know where Brock is?"
"Ka…" Kabutops heard Green words. Suddenly he snapped… the old fossil began panicking. "Kabutops! Kabuto! Tops!?"
"What? Did something happened?" Red backed off.
"Um…" Yellow's eyes froze in horror, hearing what Kabutops had to say as he waved his scythes around. "K… Kabutops says he stumbled away in a Pokeball. Someone disguised as Misty attacked and kidnapped Brock."
"What!?" Red and Green shouted.
"Oh no." Green said.
Red's eyes felt creeping with horror. "Th…then? If Brock is kidnapped... Who's with Blue!?" Red quickly got out his PokeGear. "I'm going to call her now!"
Green and Yellow looked at Red with worried eyes waiting for a response. The PokeGear just kept ringing and ringing.
"What's taking her so long?" Red said. "Let me see where she is!" Red turned to another image, a map layout of Mt. Moon, Blue's facial sprite showing her destination. "Please be alright Blue."
