Chapter 2- An Adventure with Bertha?
"Sorry but I've got to go." I stood up.
"Seriously? What does Bertha need that so important?" Tallon asked, twirling a piece of grass in-between his fingers.
"It's none of your concern." I pulled out Togekiss's pokeball.
"Jeez, forget I even asked." He rolled his eyes.
"See you later then." Lucas waved goodbye.
"See yah." I tossed the capture device and Togekiss appeared and I mounted her. "Let's go!"
I took awhile but not too long to reach the Lake Side resort area. She told me to meet her in the nearby town. I hopped off Togekiss and returned her to her pokeball. I walked around town, looking for her. "She should have given me an exact place to meet her." I grumbled. I turned a corner and walked right into someone.
"I'm so sorry…" I looked at the person I'd run into and my voice left me.
"Well if it isn't Carina." Bertha crossed her arms "Where have you been?"
"Looking for you! You didn't tell me where to find you!"
"I guess that is my fault… anyways we need to find Roland." She started off again.
I had to jog to catch up to her "Roland's the boy you mentioned in your call right?"
"Yes, and he's late for his training."
"Oh…" I walked silently alongside her as we searched for the boy.
It was getting into the afternoon hours and we had yet to find him. I grabbed a quick snack –a hot dog from a street vendor- and we continued on. Not long after we came across a group standing outside what looked to be a closed up shop.
"Bertha knows everything there is to know about pokemon!" exclaimed a short, light brown haired boy.
"And what are you up to Roland?" asked Bertha as we walked up.
"Wow, its Bertha, what'd you know." The group turned around.
"Wow, Bertha huh?" questioned the black haired boy.
" 'Course it is. Now who else would it be?" she walked up and got in the black haired guys face "Do you have a name?"
"Sure, it's Ash."
"Hi, I'm Dawn."
"Ma'am my names Brock." He started mumbling "Your Bertha… let me see, Bertha… huh!" he turned towards her "It can't be…"
Bertha noticed what was up and quickly grabbed his arm and pulled him away from the group, I interested followed after.
"You're not Bertha of the elite four are you?" he asked
"That's right, I am. But I don't like to be called one of the elite four-at all. It's a secret." She glared at him.
"Yes ma'am."
"Keep your mouth shut." I whispered at him as we walked back to the group.
"Roland, it's time for your pokemon training. I told you to hurry it up so what is taking so long?" chided Bertha.
"You see, somebody stole my Magby."
"Stole your Magby?! For heaven's sake Roland, what am I going to do with you? "
"Is this your Grandson?" asks Brock.
"Child of a cousin, Roland says he wants to get better at pokemon battles so I was asked to look after him. " she explained "If I told you once, I told you a thousand times, once you have a pokemon you have responsibility to them day in and day out."
"Right…"
"No how could you let that happen? I feel sorry for poor Magby."
Brock kept nodding his head "And of course that's why your part of the eli-…"
Bertha coughed and I shot him a death glare behind her back.
"Now Roland you must get Magby back. You have to learn to correct your own mistakes. You owe Magby that much at least."
"I will!"
Got to give the kid points, he's at least willing to try.
"Alright! We'll help too!" chimed in Ash.
We started walking through town and Bertha asked Dawn and Ash some questions.
"So we've got a trainer and a coordinator."
"I've got seven gym badges." Boasted Ash
"And I'm on my way to compete in the grand festival."
"So that means I'll get a chance to see how strong you both are."
"What do you mean how strong we are?" asks Ash
"You'll see." Bertha turned to face them "Have you figured out how to find Magby yet?"
"Well, to tell the truth…" started Ash
"We're kinda clueless." finished Dawn
"The only thing we know for sure is that there were three people involved in the theft." Explained Brock
"So what do we do?" asks Roland
"While we're having this nice little talk, they might get away."
That's a nice way to motivate them…
Ash looked around at the surrounding hills "Ahh! That buildings got an observatory! We can see the whole town from there."
Bertha liked his idea and we ran up to the glass building on the hill. We stood out on the observatory deck as Roland looked through some binoculars.
"Down there! Those three are the ones!" Roland started to run towards the stairs.
"Confirm the location." chided Bertha
"It's the park by the fountain." Confirmed Ash
We ran back into town and towards the park Ash had mentioned.
"I want my Magby back!" yelled Roland as we neared the supposed 'Day Care'.
"Magby? Pish-Posh." Said the light-purple haired guy.
"That pokemons not our thing." Said the short guy who looked strangely like a meowth.
"It does strike an unfamiliar ring." The violet haired lady leaned up against the building and is started to collapse.
"Just who are you people?" asks Bertha
The lady laughs before ripping off her disguise. "Your silly question needs work."
"Admitting ignorance makes you look like a jerk." That doesn't make any sense…
"On the wind…"
"Passed the stars…"
"Your berserk!" So it is a meowth!
"Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace!"
"Dashing hope, bringing fear in its-…"
"I've heard enough!" I said, stepping forward. I knew that uniform all too well.
"Huh?"
"That girls got some nerve!" scowled the lady.
"I didn't know that team rocket was in Sinnoh but don't think I'll let you do what you want." I clenched my fists.
"So Team Rocket was behind all of this." Wow Dawn, way to state the obvious.
"Team Rocket?" questions Bertha
"They're criminals that steal other people's pokemon." Explains Brock.
"Give Roland's Magby back now!" yells Ash.
"Eat my pink dust!" the lady throws something on the ground a pink smoke fills the air.
Bertha and I had the same idea as we jumped out of the way.
"Hey were did Bertha and that girl go?" asks Brock as the smoke clears.
THAT GIRL?! Did he really just call me that? Oh, wait a minute, I never told him my name…
"We're right here." They turn around to find us standing a few feet away.
"Are you alright?" asks Brock
"Deal with them." She points to the fleeing Team Rocket.
"Let's get 'em!" Roland starts running
"Hey! We're coming too!" Dawn starts to run after him.
"Hey! Wait a minute!" Ash calls. "Why don't we head them off from both sides?"
We all nod in approval.
"Hold on!" I'm running with Brock and Roland. Bertha, Ash and Dawn went to cut them off on the other side.
"Give me my Magby!" Yells Roland
Ash and the others appear around the corner but Team Rocket turns down another street.
"Hey! Wait!" yells Ash
We follow them out of town and into some open fields. As we crest the hill we find ourselves faced with five windmills.
"They've got to be hiding in one of those windmills." No duh Ash.
"We'll have to search them one by one." Says Dawn
"Just a moment please." Bertha gets them to turn around. "Look more carefully."
They don't seem to see anything.
"Oh, come on!" I exclaim but Bertha keeps me from giving it away.
"The second one from the right." She answers when nobody speaks.
"That one's not turnin'." Observes Ash
"Maybe this is the good time to give you some advice. You would do well to strengthen your powers of observation."
"I'll have to think about that." Ash looks pretty dumbfounded.
"We should get moving." I impatiently tap my foot.
"You're right!" Roland starts running down the hill. We follow, headed straight for the second windmill.
As we get closer the windmill starts to fall forward. Wait, the windmills falling forward?
We stop as the façade falls right in front of us. A hot air balloon inflating behind the dust cloud.
"You're not getting away! Go Staraptor!" Ash throws his pokeball. "Use Ariel ace!"
The staraptor charges at the balloon. A weird metal staraptor comes out of the bottom of the balloon and knocks down Ash's pokemon.
"Staraptor no!"
"Guess we've got no choice." Sighs Bertha
Sorry, I'm leaving this as a cliffhanger, though if you know this episode you know what happens.
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