Chapter 2 A Trip To See Rowan
Rusty tossed and turned in his sleeping bag the next morning and finally woke up and saw light come through the tent.
"Morning already?" he asked.
He looked over and saw Eliza's sleeping bag empty and went outside to find her with his co-workers and eating with them around a built fire.
"Eliza." He said.
She turned and said, "Hey Rusty, I thought you would never get up. How are you?"
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"When I woke up, you were tossing and turning and also saying the word "No" in your sleep. I didn't want to wake you and came out and found other rangers like you cleaning up the debris and rescuing injured Pokemon. They even helped me by rebandaging my arm and they will be taking me to the Pokemon Center so Nurse Joy would take a look at Wind." She answered.
"That's good." Rusty said.
Stella walked over and said, "Good work Rusty, you helped out a new trainer when she was in danger."
"Thanks Stella." He said as he pulled his bandanna back on.
"You should head back into town with her and make sure she is okay." Stella told him.
He nodded and then he ate some of the food that was cooked and unpitched his tent as Eliza put her sleeping bag back into her pack. The both of them followed some of the other rangers back to Solaceon where they saw some of the citizens cleaning up from the storm the previous evening. They found the Pokemon center and went inside to find some of the rangers bringing more and more injured and misplaced Pokemon until the damage in the woods was cleaned up and cleared away so they can be released back into the wild.
"Man, this is sure packed!" they heard and tthey saw a boy and a girl with red hair and wearing outfits that look almost alike.
"Hey Marty and Maritza." Rusty said.
"Rusty? I thought you were still working and where were you during the night? I went to check and see if you were alright and prepared for the storm." Maritza said.
"sorry, I was helping a new trainer out, she crashed outside on the northern trail." He told her.
"I see," she said and saw Eliza. "is this her?"
"Yep, Maritza, Marty, this is Eliza Elm." He answered.
"Elm? You mean the Professor Elm!" Marty exclaimed.
"Yeah, he is my uncle." She answered.
"Wow! I never thought that I would meet Elm's niece!" Marty exclaimed.
"Sorry about my twin brother, he gets really excited when it comes to the different professors that are pretty famous especially with Professorr Oak in Kanto." Maritza told her.
"It's okay, when I tell people that he is my uncle they sometimes get like that." She told her.
"Hey Eliza, didn't you need your Pidgeot looked at?" Rusty asked.
"Oh yeah, is the nurse free?" Eliza asked.
"She should be." Rusty answered and the both of them headed towards the counter.
Maritza noticed her brother was still in his surprised mode and said, "Damn it Marty, you should breathe once in a while."
He breathed and said, "Sorry sis, I get like this when it comes to that."
"I know, you even almost peed your pants when we met Rowan for our starter Pokemon." She said.
Nurse Joy looked over Wind and got back to eliza after bandaging his wing.
"I'm sorry Eliza, your Pidgeot won't be able to fly for a while." She told Eliza.
"Oh." Eliza said.
"You should send it back to Elm and try to catch another flying Pokemon while you're in Sinoh or get one of your other flying types if you have any." Nurse Joy said.
"What about my Pokedex? I ended up landing on it and breaking it." Eliza asked.
"You have to visit Professor Rowan in Little Root Town." She answered.
"Oh, I see. Here I go again." Eliza said
"What do you mean by that?" Rusty asked.
"On every journey, I end up seeing the professor of the region and they tell me that there are gyms here and there and now my journey starts off different here and now I have to see the professor all because of a new Pokedex I have to get." She answered.
"And you think Rowan will give you the gym speech like in the other regions?" Rusty asked.
"Yeah, especially when I hear that there contests here." Eliza said.
"We still had to see Rowan." They heard Marty say.
"What do you mean?" Eliza asked.
"Even though we are contest coordinators, we still see and contact Professor Rowan time to time especially with Pokemon we have caught while we travel from city to city, so it's the same for both contest coordinators and trainers that are seeking gym battles." Maritza told her.
"I thought I had to just go straight to a Pokemon Center to do everything." Eliza said.
"For a professor's niece you sure are a newbie to most things." Marty said.
"Since you're going to Rowan's, maybe I should have you fly with me." Rusty told Eliza.
"You sure?" Eliza asked.
"Yeah, I am. I think Breeze will like you." Rusty answered.
"Fine, it would help since Wind is out of use. I can even contact uncle once we get there so I can return him to him." Eliza said as he took the Pokeball back.
"Which is a good idea." Marty said.
"Yeah, the phones are down for the mean time, have a safe trip out there." Maritza told the both of them and she and her brother went to see Nurse Joy.
Outside, rusty called out Breeze and the both of them got on his back and they flew off and headed towards Little Root Town.
In Little Root, Professor Rowan was reading notes when his assistant came and said, "Professor, some trainers have arrived on the back of a Staraptor!"
"Hmm?" rowan asked and went outside and saw a boy returning his Staraptor to his Pokeball. He also saw a girl with him that he sort of recognized the looks. "My, looks like I have a Elm look alike."
"Huh?" Eliza asked and saw him. "Who the hell is this old guy?"
"Excuse me? Who taught you manners young lady? I am Profesor Rowan."
"What? You're rowan?" she asked.
"Yep, Professor I am Rusty McLane and this is my friend Eliza Elm and she came here about her broken Pokedex."
"Oh really? Elm, I thought he had a son." Rowan said.
"I am his niece actually. He sent me here because it would be a new experience for me and not only that, I want to be a coordinator." Eliza answered.
"I see, then come on in! I will gladly look at your Pokedex and see what is going on." Rowan said and lead them into his lab.
They went inside and Eliza explained about what happened to her Pokedex when she arrived in Sinoh the day before. He took it and started to work on it while Eliza and Rusty went to where a phone was so Eliza could call her uncle.
He answered the phone and said, "eliza! I am so glad you called! Did you get to Sinoh okay? Are you alright? Who is that boy with you?"
"Calm down uncle! You act like my mom when she ggets flustered. I am fine, well for a few bruises and a hurt arm and well…"
"Hmm?" elm asked.
"I ended up crashing when I got here all thanks to a storm and well Wind ended up getting hurt. I have to send him back." She answered.
"I see, at least Splash didn't get hurt since you took him with you." Elm said and felt something hit him and looked down. "Sparkle!"
"Uncle, did she shock you again?" she asked as she saw him pick up a spiky eared Pichu from the floor and brought it into focus.
"Yes, she has been doing that for a while ever since you brought her home. I thought you tried disciplining it?"
"I did and it was able to follow what I say, but now she is not liking you much or something."
"Why not you trade Wind for Sparkle? I don't know if my heart will stop all thanks to her zaps." Elm said.
She nodded and then put the ball with Wind in the Pokeball transfer system and saw it vanish and a new one appear in its place. The ball opened and Sparkle appeared.
"Pichu!"
"Hey there Sparkle!" Eliza exclaimed as she picked her up. "Okay uncle, I got her."
"good, I will be taking care of Wind for now. Be careful out there." Elm said as he hung up.
"Looks like you have a real job to do. By the way, how many Pokemon did you bring?" rusty asked.
"Well, I did bring Wind, which was my flying Pokemon until he broke his wing but now it's Sparkle, my Feraligatr, Splash, and Blastoise, Shells."
"Only three? I guess you want to make room for newer ones."
"Yeah." She answered.
Rowan came over and said, "I have some bad news."
"What is it?" Eliza asked.
"Your Pokedex has been squashed and the lense where it shows the Pokemon on the screen was damaged, but I do have some good news where I transferred your old dex's information on this new one. You will be seeing a lot of new Pokemon while you are out training especially when you are at the contests." Rowan said.
"Thanks." She said and noticed Sparkle was gone. "Where is Sparkle?"
"Professor!" the assistant yelled.
"What is it?" Rowan asked.
"A Pichu is out attacking one of the starter Pokemon!"
They all ran outside to see Sparkle attacking Turtwigs and Eliza yelled out, "Sparkle no!"
Sparkle tackled it again and the Turtwig retaliated with razor leaf while the other used vine whip.
"I better help! Go Breeze!" Rusty yelled and his Staraptorr came out. "Help Eliza's Sparkle by using close combat on the Turtwig that used razor leaf!"
Breeze hit one of them and the other went after Sparkle and Eliza yelled, "No Sparkle! Use volt tackle!"
Sparkle didn't hear her.
"Crap! Then go Shells!" Eliza yelled and threw her Pokeball and her Blastoise came out. "Now use hydro pump!"
Shells' cannons came out and shot out its attack and hit the other Turtwig.
"Now catch one of them!" Eliza heard Rowan yell.
"What?" she asked.
"One of them will be going after your Pichu again, do it now!" Rowan exclaimed.
She nodded and took out one of the Pokeballs her uncle gave her before she left and yelled, "Go Pokeball!"
It hit one of the Turtwigs and caught it.
"Way to go!" Rowan exclaimed.
"Look out you two, the other one is coming aafter your two Pokemon!" the assistant yelled.
Rusty saw it charging at Breeze and yelled, "Breeze use close combat again!"
Breeze did so and hit Turtwig.
"I will catch this one! Go Pokeball!" he yelled and threw one at it and caught it. "Looks like we both caught a Turtwig."
Eliza nodded and took out the balls that held Sparkle and Shells and called out, "Return Sparkle and Shells!"
"What are you calling the Turtwig by?" Rowan asked.
"Twiggy, what about you?" she asked.
"Leafy." He answered.
"Well, you two have saved us from a major situation. I guess the new trainers will have to come tomorrow for their new Pokemon. You will enjoy Sinoh Eliza, just train hard and compete well." Rowan said and went back to his lab.
"Well, I guess this journey here was not so much of a waste." Eliza said.
Rusty nodded..