Ken had finally arrived to Viridian City. Now all he had to do was find the Pokemon Center and register for the Indigo League. Close by the City entrance, he noticed a Parole Booth with an officer and decided to ask for directions.

"Excuse me," Ken told the officer sitting in the booth, "could you tell me where I could find the Pokemon Center?"

The officer stepped out and looked down at him, taking off her sunglasses.

"Could you show me some ID first?" The officer asked him.

Ken reached in his pocket and pulled out his Pokedex. "Will this work?"

Officer Jenny took Ken's Pokedex and checked it.

"Yes, it seems to check out, Ken right?"

"Yes, Ken."

"Well hello there Ken, my name is Officer Jenny." The Officer then pointed to a large building that had a huge Pokeball sign on it far off in the distance. "That over there is the Pokemon Center."

"Thank you officer."

Ken walked down the road and made it to the Pokemon Center. It was still early in the day, so if things went fast enough, he should have enough time to continue on his journey. The doors automatically opened and Ken walked in. To his surprise, it was empty, even the front desk was empty.

"Hello?" Ken called out, "Is anyone here?"

There was no answer, so Ken sat down in the waiting area to the right. He sat down on the small sofa, when he noticed the Video Phones on the side of the room.

"I should make a call." Ken thought to himself.

Meanwhile, in the back room of the Center, Nurse Joy was tied up on a chair, only her arms free and working on a computer. At the end of the room, in the corner, two young trainers were also tied up. Hovering over the Nurse were two ominous looking people. A boy and a girl, who seemed identical in a way.

They wore a strange dark uniform, boots, gloves and a black jacket with a strange, white, insignia on the back. They also wore dark glasses that covered their eyes. Their hair was the same color, a light shape of purple, only styled in different ways. The boy's hair was short, combed back to a curve. The girl's hair was longer, and spiky on the ends.

"Hurry up and find the records," the boy threatened the Nurse, "we'd hate to have to do something to all the sick Pokemon in the Center."

"Please, don't hurt the sick Pokemon," the Nurse pleaded as she searched through files on the computer, "don't try and steal them either."

"Don't worry about that," the girl responded, "we're not interested in sick and weak Pokemon. We don't even have to hurt them if you want, but if you don't hurry up, I can't say the same about your precious Chanseys."

Back in the lobby, Ken thought of who to call.

"Well, I can't talk to mom or dad, they're both working. I'll call Professor Oak."

Ken dialed the number, he had it recorded on his Pokedex. He then realized that he could use his Pokedex to make a call. That could have come in handy the day before when he was lost. Anyways, that was over with, and he was already on the Video Phone not to use it. He waited patiently for Professor Oak to answer.

"Hello." Professor Oak answered. "Oh, it's you Ken. How are you?"

"High Professor, I'm okay. I'm calling from the Viridian City Pokemon Center."

"Glad to see you made it, I was beginning to think that you and Danny wouldn't make it there."

"Really?"

"Yeah, you see, it seems that your friend Melissa beat you two there. She arrived to Viridian City yesterday night."

"Oh, I see." Ken was not thrilled to hear that.

"So, you and Danny made it."

"Well actually, no." Ken began to explain. "Danny decided to go west once we arrived here. He left on his own."

"I see, well I'm not surprised. He seems like a very independent type of guy. I assume that your journey together went well, though."

"For the most part, I guess." Ken said. "Although yesterday night, we got separated. I got lost."

"Oh really? Were you okay?"

"Uh huh, I was all right, and I got to spend some time with Bulbasaur too."

"Glad to hear you two are getting along."

"Yeah, we even saw something strange last night."

"Really, what do you think you two saw?"

"We're not sure. It was some kind of Pokemon, I think. It was flying across the sky. It appeared to be glowing as it did."

"Don't tell me you saw Ho-oh?"

"Ho-oh?" Ken was confused. "What makes you say that?"

"Well you see, a young trainer once told me he saw a strange Pokemon flying across the sky on his way to Viridian City. He claimed it was a Ho-oh."

"Yeah, I don't think it was Ho-oh." Ken explained. "The Pokemon I saw was a lot smaller, and had no wings, which is odd because it flew across the sky."

"Well there are many strange and wonderful Pokemon out there, still left to be discovered. I'm glad to hear that you arrived at the Pokemon Center safely."

"Yup, I'm also planning to register for the Indigo League."

"Well congratulations Ken. You know, your friend Melissa is also planning in competing in the Indigo League. Now you'll have to call me back later, I have some Pokemon that need tending. Goodbye Ken."

"Goodbye Professor." Ken said.

"So Melissa is also competing in the Indigo League, what a surprise." Ken thought out loud.

Ken looked over at the front desk, no one had arrivedyet, so he got up to ring the bell.

"What is taking so long?" the boy asked Nurse Joy. "You'd better hurry it up, or else."

"Well, I'm sorry but the files you want me to look for are very old, I'm not even sure there here."

"Well they better be." The girl added.

One of the two trainers tied up in the corner managed to knock off the cloth that covered his mouth.

"What do you want with those files anyways." The young trainer asked.

"None of your business, you little brat." The girl replied.

"Uh oh," the boy in uniform said out loud, "there's a boy at the front desk."

"What?" The girl hissed. "I thought I told you to lock the door."

"Well I forgot." The boy answered. "Now what do we do?"

"I guess I'll have to take care of him myself." The girl answered before leaving the room.

Kelley, as the girl in the dark uniform was called, walked out of the room leaving Ed (short for Edward) in charge of keeping an eye on Nurse Joy and the two tied up trainers. Kelley walked down the hall and opened the doors of a large closet. Inside, three Chanseys were cornered by two purple Pokemon watching over them. Kelley grinned and took a pair of nurse clothes with her.

Back in the lobby, Ken continued to ring the small bell that was on the front desk.

"Hello, Nurse Joy? Is anyone even here?"

Just then, Kelley walked out, wearing the nurse outfit and a mouth cover that covered up half her face.

To Be Continued...