Chapter 3: Attack of the Bugs
Dark: ... For crying out loud KW, where the bloody heck are ya'?!... *Sighs* I might as well start things off-
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Dark: Geez man, what the heck happened to ya'?
Me: Let's just say that... well, you just don't wanna know.
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Disclaimer: KW does not own Pokemon, but if he did, he would perhaps change a majority of the recent seasons so far. However, he does own his OC characters.
Moments before Kidan and Char encountered Slice, the Scyther Pokemon thief, Cealy and Bulb were walking down Route 22 pushing the bike along as they searched for Kidan.
"Great, Cealy. Oak goes and lends you his bicycle and then you get the belt broken on it." Cealy said to herself annoyed.
'Maybe if you would have just avoided that Diglett hole, perhaps it wouldn't have happened.' Bulb pointed out to her.
"It's not my fault that Diglett popped in front of me and fled leaving it's hole in my way!" Cealy retorted.
'And yet, you couldn't have just simply moved to the side when it did?' Bulb replied raising his eyebrow.
"Why are you blaming me for this anyways?!" Cealy shouted fustrated.
'Because I'm not the one who was peddling nor steering.' Bulb pointed out.
"Grr... do you always have to judge me?!" Cealy threw her left arm in the air in fustration.
'Yeah... pretty much!' Bulb smiled at her.
Cealy just shook her head and ignored Bulb for a while as she started to think about what Kidan was doing at the moment. She thought of him catching alot of wild Pokemon already and how his Pokemon is already getting stronger. However, she was a bit concerned about his... mysterious abilities. She couldn't stop thinking of the possibility of Kidan going through the same ordeal back a couple years ago when they were younger.
'Hope your doing okay Kidan...' Cealy thought to herself concerned.
'Hey, Cealy, are you okay?' Bulb asked her seriously.
"Hm? O-oh, yeah... I'm fine." she studdered.
'You don't seem fine.' he replied.
"I'll be fine. So don't worry about little ol' me. Anways, at least we have a new teammate to add to our team." Cealy said changing the topic.
'Yeah, she's pretty strong for a low level Pokemon like her.' Bulb replied.
"Escpecially when she was getting hit by your Vine Whip attack so much. You know, you didn't have to take it that far." Cealy pointed out.
'THAT'S because she was gonna blow me away with her attack! I wasn't gonna let her do that to me! That would be disgraseful!' Bulb retorted jokingly.
Cealy and Bulb just laughed as they continued walking their way through Route 22. As they walked for a few more minutes, they heard some strange noises coming up ahead.
"Hm?" Cealy and Bulb stopped when they heard the noise.
They both looked up as they saw a barrage of fireballs being shot into the air from a distance up ahead.
'What the heck was that?' Bulb asked curiously.
"I'm... not quite sure..." Cealy replied confused.
As they were both focused on the sudden fire attack in the air, a rustling sound was heard coming from behind them undetected. Just then, a wave of Poison Sting attacks were being shot at them from behind. Bulb, realizing a sudden presence behind them, pushes Cealy to the side as the Posion Stings missed them just barely, colliding with the nearby trees and bushes. The Poison Stings hit the bicycle dead on as it began to crack, now already useless. Cealy shakes off the pain as she and Bulb looked up to see a group of Nidoran, both male and female, Paras and Venonat coming out of the bushes, facing them.
'What the heck?!' Bulb asked suprisingly.
"What are the Nidoran, Paras & Venonat here?" Cealy asked in disbelief.
'The question is... why are they attacking us?!' Bulb still in disbelief.
"PARAS! PARA, PARA! PARAS PARAS!" one of the Paras shouted out.
The group of Paras get in line as they form into a single file and prepared another wave of Poison Stings, directing them at Cealy and Bulb once again.
'Crap!' Bulb shouted.
"Bulb, take cover!" Cealy ordered.
Cealy and Bulb duck their heads down as the Paras launch their Poison Stings at them both, missing them by a few inches. They both stood up and prepare themselves for a battle.
"Why are you attacking us?!" Cealy demanded.
None of them answered as they stared at them both with evil-like eyes. Though, they both noticed something different in them. It was as if they didn't have a mind of their own. Shrugging it off, Cealy pulls out a Pokeball from her belt and tosses it into the air.
"Grace! Help us out!" Cealy called out.
The Pokeball opens up and releases a tiny bird-like Pokemon from the ball. It was a small bird, perhaps about the size of a human's head, and it had brown and white colored feathers. That Pokemon was known as Pidgey, or Grace. Grace flew around Cealy and Bulb as it finally landed on Cealy's shoulder, waiting for her command.
"Okay Grace, this is your first time battling with us! Let's show them what you and Bulb are made of!" Cealy told her.
'Got it!' Grace replied.
Grace and Bulb got ready as the Paras formed in line once again as they prepared for another wave of Poison Stings. Cealy knew that they were gonna try to attack them with it again, so she knew what to do.
"Grace, use Gust attack on the Paras' Poison Stings when they fire them!" Cealy commanded.
Grace quickly flew in the air as the Paras lunged their bodies back and shot a wave of Poison Stings at them.
'Let's see if your Posion Stings can handle this!' Grace mocked them.
Grace flapped her wings fast as a gust of wind was flung towards the incoming Poison Stings, making them fly right back at the Paras who had no way to dodge them all in time. The group of Paras were hit by their own attacks and were knocked back pretty hard, causing them to faint.
"Good job, Grace!" Cealy cheered.
'Awesome Gust attack!' Bulb commented.
'Your lucky that you didn't get caught in it from before!' Grace pointed out.
Suddenly, the male and female Nidoran group jumped in front of the Paras, ready for battle. Grace and Bulb prepared for whatever attack they were gonna use on them.
"Get ready guys!" Cealy warned them.
Bulb and Grace got prepared as the Nidoran launched their own Poison Sitng at them, but this time, the Poison Sting were scattered all over. Cealy, Bulb and Grace were suprised to their attack and quickly tried to figure out what to do.
"Oh crap! Grace, Gust one more time!" Cealy quickly called out.
Grace flapped her wings once again and launched another Gust at them, hitting the scattered Poison Stings. But instead of just hitting the Nidoran, the Poison Stings were flung back all around, including at Cealy, Bulb and Grace.
"Bulb, Grace, dodge them!" Cealy exclaimed.
Bulb and Grace quickly dodged the incoming Poison Stings as Cealy used her backpack to block the Poison Stings that were heading towards her. Cealy, Bulb and Grace looked back at the Nidoran who were also fainted by their own attacks. They looked at the Paras and Nidoran groups with odd impressions.
'Well...' Grace started off.
'That was...' Bulb continued.
"Strange. Are the Paras and Nidoran that weak for their own Poison Sting attacks to faint them all?" Cealy finished with a confused face.
Seeing the sight of the downfall of the Paras and Nidoran, the Venonat became afraid as they gathered into a small group, afraid of Bulb and Grace.
'So much for your attack forces Venonat!' Grace called out.
'Might as well give up now!' Bulb replied.
Just as Bulb and Grace approached the Venonat, the Venonat used a sound wave that had a high pitch of screech through the forest behind them. Cealy, Bulb and Grace covered their ears as the Venonat continued their Supersonic attack. Bulb, however, had a hard time covering his ears due to only having feet. After a few moments, the Venonat stopped and stared into the forest, still looking afraid.
'Ooowww!' Bulb and Grace simultaniously shouted.
"What a noise! I can't even here myself thinking!" Cealy shouted covering her ears.
Just then, a sound of flapping wings was heard coming from the forest as the Venonat began to jump with joy. Cealy, Bulb & Grace looked at them with confusion as the flapping sound got closer and closer. Just then, a Pokemon flies out of the forest and hovers in front of the Venonat and the fainted Paras and Nidoran groups. It was colored with light purple with big bug-like wings, six stubby bug-like egs and had two small and one big horns on its head. It resembled a moth but bigger. That Pokemon was a Venomoth. Just like the other groups, it's expression was different, as if it too didn't have a mind of it's own.
'What the?!' Bulb exclaimed.
'WHAT THE WORLD IS THAT?!' Grace shouted.
"A Venomoth!" Cealy replied with shockness.
Cealy quickly takes out her PokeDex from her pocket and scans the Venomoth for it's data and information. Cealy started to read the information on the encyclopedia.
"Okay, be careful you two! The Venomoth has some type of powdery scales on its wings that are hard to remove which could mean poison!" Cealy explained to them.
'POISON?!' Bulb and Grace shouted simultaneously with worried expressions.
"But, the color on it's wings are bright! Which means, If it is light, it causes paralysis! But if it was darker, it would be poison!" Cealy reassured them but was still concerned.
'At least it's only paralysis!' Bulb replied with a sign of relief.
'Yeah... good for us!' Grace said sarcastically.
"VENOMOTH! VENO!" the wild Venomoth shouted at them.
Venomoth unleashes a yellow-orange powder from it's wings as it flapped it very fast, blowing the powder straight at Bulb and Grace. Without time to act, Bulb and Grace were stunned and collapsed in a state of paralysis.
'Crap!' Bulb said.
'Can't... move!' Grace replied trying to move.
"BULB! GRACE!" Cealy shouted in concern.
She drew her attention at the wild Venomoth as it glared at her with an evil glare.
"VENO! VENOMOTH! MOTH!" the Venomoth shouted once more.
Cealy was out of options. With Bulb and Grace paralyzed, they weren't able to move at all. The Venomoth looked pretty strong and Cealy didn't know what else it could do. She had no medicine nor Paralysis Heals to help them. Not to mention, Bulb and Grace were the only two Pokemon she had in her entire team. She was now caught inside Venomoth's trap.
'Crap... I can't do anything! I don't even have a Paralysis Heal to help them! What can I do?!' Cealy panicked in her mind a sher expression was afraid.
Cealy looked at Venomoth as it began to flap it's wings once again, only to form a Gust attack, flinging it right at her, Bulb and Grace. The Gust caught them inside and flung them right at the tree hard. Bulb and Grace were about to faint as Cealy struggled to fight the pain. Her legs and arm were seriously hurt and could hardly move them. Venomoth slowly hovered towards them as it began to form another Gust attack with it's wings. Cealy started to get scared and tried not to think what could possibly happen to them.
Cealy sharted to shake in fear with tears forming in her eyes. She could tell that she was done for.
"VENOMOTH! VENO!" the wild Venomoth started to flap it's wings more as it began to use it's Gust attack.
Celat stared at the Venomoth in the eyes as her breathing became heavier and heavier. She gasped and closed her eyes shut.
Cealy then screamed out loud from the top of her lungs, causing the wildlife Pokemon all around to flee. After a few moments of screaming, she crutched up to the tree behind her as much as she could as the Venomoth took it's stance and readied the Gust that it was forming.
'I guess... this is really it...' she thought to herself with teary eyes. She shut her eyes tightly ready to take on what Venomoth would unleash on her.
"VENO! VENOMOTH!" the Venomoth shouted.
Just as Venomoth began to flap it's wings one last time, a figure jumps out of the bushes launching itself at the Venomoth.
"Slice, use Quick Attack!" a young man's voice called out loud.
The Pokemon, Slice, speeds towards the Venomoth with high speed and power. Venomoth quickly stopped it's attack as it turned it's head towards the incoming Pokemon. Without anytime to react, Venomoth was hit on it's side, being shot back towards the other side. Cealy opened one of her eyes as she saw a Pokemon standing in front of her. It was about the same height as a human and was colored light green. It has sharp teeth and pointy feet, it's back had bug-like wings that were closed together. It also has long, big blades that it had for arms. Cealy started to recall what the old man, Mr. Briney, said earlier about the Pokemon thief having blades for arms. Then it hit her. This Pokemon must be the thief that was causing the city to panic. The Pokemon looks at Cealy and her pokemon, smirking.
"You... saved us?" Cealy asked with little hope.
The bug-like Pokemon nodded at her once as he turned his attention to where he came from.
"Great work Slice!" the young man voice called out again.
"That voice..." She quietly exclaimed.
Cealy turned her head towards the person who was talking as he ran beside the Pokemon. He had short black hair and brown eyes. He was skinny but was a tad muscular, wore a black leather jacket over his white t-shirt and blue jeans on with white sport shoes. He was about the same age as her but just a bit taller. Looking at him closely, she finally realized who the person was.
"... K-Kidan?" Cealy asked him.
"Hm?" Kidan turn around and saw Cealy on the ground clutching her arm along with a few bruises on her. "C-Cealy?! What are you doing here?!"
"I came looking for you!" Cealy retorted.
"What for?" he asked.
Cealy then got a bit angry form his comment. "... Did you completely forget?!"
"Huh?... " He just stared at her for a moment before the hint hit him. "Oh... crap."
"Yeah!" she replied in annoyance as she saw him finally remembering.
'Um, Kidan? I hate to interupt the little reunion, but we have a Venomoth to deal with!'Slice pointed out.
"Point taken. Cealy, can you still help?" he asked her.
"Not much... The Venomoth bruised me pretty bad. I can't really move my arm or leg. Bulb and Grace are too weak to help out either." Cealy pointed out to him.
"Then I'll take it from here." Kidan replied as he pulled out a Pokeball. "Come on out, Char!"
Kidan tosses Char's Pokeball into the air as the Fire Lizard Pokemon, Char, comes out next to Slice, ready to battle.
'So what's the issue now?' Char joked.
"Let's just say that a bug got in the way this time..." he replied seriously but then looked at Slice waving his hands. "U-Uh, n-no offence Slice."
'None taken.' Slice assured him understanding what he meant.
Venomoth awakes from it's sudden attack as it quickly charges at Char and Slice, preparing for a Gust attack. Char and Slice stood still awaiting for Kidan to give a command.
"Kidan watch out! It's gonna use it's Gust attack!" Cealy shouted to him with concern.
Kidan stood there with a confident look. Venomoth quickly starts to flap it's wings hard as it begins to form it's Gust attack. Kidan then smirked as he figured out how to beat Venomoth.
"Char, Slice! Break to the left and right quickly!" Kidan commanded.
Listening to Kidan's command, Char moves to the right as Slice moves towards the left, making Venomoth choose whom to attack first. It began to get confused as it turned left to right multiple times.
"Char, use Ember! Slice, use Quick Attack! Focus on it's wings!" Kidan commanded pointing at Venomoth's moth-like wings.
Quickly as they could, Char unleashes a barrage of Embers, flying towards Venomoth as Slice quickly speeds at Venomoth with force, both aiming at Venomoth's wings. Unable to decide who it wanted to attack, Char's Ember took a direct hit on Venomoth, causing it to burn and to lower it's health drastically as Slice collided with Venomoth with great force, sending it flying towards the group of wild Venonats. The Venonats dodged Venomoth as it collided with the tree, almost fainting it. The Venomoth could hardly stand with it being confused and burned. Kidan quickly pulled out an empty Pokeball from his belt.
"This should settle it! Go Pokeball!" Kidan shouted tossing the Pokeball at Venomoth.
The Pokeball head right at the wild Venomoth as it desperately tried to move out of the way. But the confusion and burning caused it to be stunned, meaning that there was no hope for escape. The Pokeball made contact with Venomoth as it got sucked inside. The Pokeball fell to the ground with Venomoth inside jiggling left to right. What felt like a long time, the Pokeball made a beeping sound confirming that the Pokemon was caught. The Venonat were frighten after what they saw and fled through the woods, leaving Kidan, Cealy, their Pokemon and the captured Venomoth alone.
"Great job out there guys!" Kidan complimented to his Pokemon.
'That was a bit too easy.' Slice pointed out.
'Yeah, you'll get use to that for now.' Char shrugged making it look very easy.
Kidan just laughed until he heard Cealy groaned in pain as she tried to stand up. Kidan rushed to Cealy as he trieds to help her.
"Easy! Your in no condition to move! Not with your legs and arm being hurt!" he told her worried.
Celay then groans as she tried to move. "But... I need to get Bulb... and Grace to the Pokemon Center... right away."
"We will. But you need some medical attention now." he told her as he looks at his Pokemon that were beside them. "Slice! Help me with Cealy!
Slice walks over to them as he gently picks up Cealy with his blades, making sure not to hurt or cut her. Kidan had Slice put Cealy on his back as Slice helped carry the bags. Cealy blushed as she placed her body up against Kidan's back, holding on to her by the legs to hold her in place. Char helped put Bulb and Grace back into their Pokeballs since they were in no condition to move after the entire whole deal with Venomoth. Char quickly walks over to Venomoth's Pokeball and picks it up, bringing it over to Kidan as he places Venomoth's Pokeball onto Kidan's belt.
"Thanks you guys. You ready to go, Cealy?" he asked her gently.
"Y-yeah..." she replied with a red blush on her face.
"You okay?" he asked her with a bit of concern.
"I-I'm fine! I just... need to get to the hospital... is all." Cealy replied blushing more than before.
"Well... if you say so." he said and looked at Char and Slice. "Come on guys, we're heading back to Viridian City."
'Right!' Char and Slice replied simultaneously.
Kidan, Char and Slice begin to walk back to Viridian City as Kidan carried Cealy on his back & Slice carriec their bags. Kidan had Char and Slice keep a sharp eye out for any wild Pokemon that could come out and attack them, having them both take the lead. They never took the bike with them due to it being destroyed by the Pokemon's Poison Stings, Venomoth's Gust and Char's Ember attacks, which was a shame for Professor Oak since he allowed Cealy to use it to get around faster.
After a good hour or so of walking, they eventually reached Virdian City once again. The sun was beginning to set as they hurried to the Pokemon Center in order to get Cealy and her Pokemon the help they need. They entered the building to find a girl with pink hair and in a nurse's outfit waiting behind the front desk. Beside her was the Pokemon Center's Nurse Pokemon, Chansey, the pink colored Pokemon that was shaped like a giant egg, not to mention carrying an egg in it's pouch.
"Nurse Joy!" Kidan called out to her trying to rush up to her.
"Greetings, how can I help you?" Joys aid with a smile. But that faded when she saw Cealy asleep and injured as she was being carried by Kidan. "Dear me, is she okay?"
"Joy, we need some medical attention for two injured Pokemon and my friend Cealy here!" Kidan quickly said but made sure to pronounce it right.
"Oh dear! What on earth happened?!" Joy exclaimed.
"A group of wild Paras, Nidoran and Venonat attacked them on Route 22 as they were travelling! A wild Venomoth came in and attacked them with it's Stun Spore and Gust attacks! Cealy's Pokemon are about to faint and her legs & arm are badly hurt! She needs help!" Kidan explained to her but not without concern form his voice.
"A wild Venomoth did this?!" Joy asked in suprise.
"Yes!' he replied.
"Oh dear! Quickly, take her to the back with me!" she told him and then looked at her Pokemon. "Chansey, take their Pokemon and quickly get them healed immediately!"
"CHANSEY!" Chancey happily exclaimed as she took both Kidan and Cealy's Pokemon to the back.
Kidan follows Nurse Joy to the back of the center carrying Cealy with care. Joy had Kidan put her on the bed as she began to go over her health. Noticing that she too was hit by Venomoth's Stun Spore, she gave Cealy some Paralysis Heal, for humans, to cure the paralysis. After a few minutes of calibrating, Nurse Joy was happy to say that Cealy would be fine and could continue travelling tomorrow, but was required to stay in the Pokemon Center for the night to rest.
"That's sounds like a good idea." she said with a sigh of relief.
"Thanks again Nurse Joy." he told her thanking her.
"No worries. I may not be a doctor or anything, but at least I know how to take care of these kind of injuries on people. If you two need anything else, let me know." Joy replied to them both.
"We will." Kidan and Cealy both said simultaneously.
Nurse Joy walks out of the room leaving Kidan and Cealy by themselves for the night.
"Hey, I forgot to give you this." Kidan said breaking the awkward silence in the room. He reaches frm his belt and pulls out a Pokeball giving it to Cealy.
"Venomoth's Pokeball?!" Cealy exclaimed with disbelief. "But why? You caught it?"
"I wasn't the one who saw it first." he started to explain. "And since you were the one who found it and tried battling it, it's only fair that you get to keep it. So... Venomoth is all yours."
"Wow... thanks Kidan." Cealy said with a bright blush.
"No need for thanks!" he laughed rubbing the back of his neck.
As Kidan was laughing, Cealy began to blush more and smile. 'He must really care then...' she thought to herself.
"Well, I better check on our Pokemon. Char and Slice could use some rest anyway." Kidan told her with a smirk.
Kidan gets up from his chair that was next to Cealy and starts walking to the door. As he was about to leave the room, Cealy spoke up.
"U-Um, Kidan?" she asked nervously.
"Hm? What's up?" Kidan asked her curiously.
"Um... t-thanks... for Venomoth... and... for s-saving me..." Cealy replied to him with studderdness and some blushing.
Kidna smiles at her. "Your welcome Ceal."
Blushing more from him calling her 'Ceal', he leaves the room as he goes to attend his and Cealy's Pokemon. Cealy stared at the door for a bit when she gazed at Venomoth's Pokeball. She started to blush more and thought about what to do with Venomoth.
"Venomoth, come on out." She calls out extending her right arm.
Cealy opens the Pokeball as it releases Venomoth from it. Venomoth starts looking around, curious about where it was.
'Wh-what? Where am I? How did I get here?' she asked Cealy panicking a bit.
"Your in the Pokemon Center in Viridian City." Cealy told her.
'Virdian City?' Venomoth asked curiously.
"Mm-hm. You lost to Kidan's Pokemon Char & Slice before you could attack me and my Pokemon again." Cealy explained to her but noth without being a bit angry from Venomoth's actions.
'Huh? I did?' Venomoth asked her confused.
"Well, yeah. Don't you remember?" Cealy asked her not undertanding what she meant.
'Well no, not really. Last I remember was flying around the Safari Zone with the other Venonat and Venomoth before I blacked out.' Venomoth explained to her.
"So... you don't have any memory about what happened in Route 22?" Cealya sked her curiously.
'N-no... none.' Venomoth sadly said. 'D-Did I really do all that to you guys?'
"Yeah..." Cealy replied sadly.
Venomoth then freaked out and started to apologize. 'I-I'm so sorry! I can't believe I did that! I... I don't know why I would do something like that!'
"It's okay, we're fine now." Cealy assured her. She didn't even think that Venomoth would apologize to her. Feeling a bit of guilt, she had an idea. "Venomoth... can I ask you something?"
'O-of course!' Venomoth replied.
"Would you like to travel with me, Kidan and our Pokemon? Your pretty strong and I like to have you on my team. That is, if you want to." Cealy asked her hopefully.
'Travel... with you and the others?' Venomoth gleamed.
Cealy then nodded happily.
Venomoth just floated there for a few moments. Never in her life would she be asked to join a trainer and his/her journey before. Without a second thought, she decided. '... Yes!'
"Wonderful!" Cealy exclaimed happily.
Cealy embraces Venomoth in a hug, but forgot that her body was still sore from the battle. She leaned back on the bed and just laughed a bit in embarrassment. After a good while, Cealy dozed off with Venomoth on the top of her head, thinking about the amazing adventures she will have with Venomoth, her Pokemon Bulb and Grace, Char, Slice... and Kidan. She couldn't believe that Kidan saved her life a second time, just after the incident a few years back. Not only that, but gave her Venomoth too. She smiled and blushed as she fell asleep awaiting for the next day to come.
TO BE CONTINUED...