CHAPTER 13
The Scyther tried to dodge out of the way, but I was leaping from point-blank range.
WHAM!
The Scyther staggered backward, but then started to look angry.
Very angry.
It attacked so quickly I didn't even see it properly. It was just a blur.
WHAM!
The next thing I knew, I was lying face-up on the ground.
I saw a Bulbasaur, Boris, shoot a seed at a Scyther. It hit, and started to drain the Scyther's life.
I saw a Mankey, Michael, leap forward and deliver a Karate Chop to a Scyther.
I saw a Pikachu, Lisa, electrocuting a Scyther again and again.
I saw a purple Nidoran, Bounce, start attacking another Scyther with its horn.
I saw a blue Nidoran, Blitz, scratch at yet another Scyther.
But more Scythers were coming, and we were out-numbered.
I climbed to my feet and turned to face my Scyther.
The Scyther raced towards me. But then, it tripped on a rock! It slid through the dirt, creating a cloud of dust.
Some of that dust went up my nose.
"Char... char... ACHOO! ACHOO!" I sneezed twice, and each time, a huge wave of flame shot out of my mouth.
"Screee!" the Scyther screamed as it was set on fire. The second time I sneezed, though, it didn't just set the Scyther on fire. It blew it away!
And I had sneezed so hard, I had knocked myself flat on my butt.
˂What the...?˃ another Scyther cried.
I suddenly felt heat... heat all around me.
The heat was comfortable to the Charmander part of me, but the human part of me knew there was something wrong.
Fire! I had set the grass on fire!
˂Yaah! Run!˃ Boris cried.
The six of us started to run away. We ran straight past some Scythers, but they were too distracted by the fire to notice us.
We ran as fast as we could, and then started to demorph. I felt myself growing as I ran, and as I grew, I became more clumsy.
At one point, I tripped over. I quickly jumped back to my feet, though.
Then, finally, we were human (and Mew) again. We were exhausted.
Bounce and Blitz bounded off to find our clothes. A little while later, they came back with them.
"What took you so long?" Michael said. "I'm starting to feel like a caveman."
˂We had to be careful of Pinsirs,˃ Bounce explained.
I quickly got dressed, then jerked as I heard the loud sirens of fire engines.
"I'm... I'm going home so I can sleep," I gasped.
"Yeah," Boris said. "I personally wouldn't mind sleeping for a week."
The sun was starting to go down. I couldn't believe it was that late already!
˂Hey, thanks for coming to find me,˃ Blitz said.
˂That's okay, what are big brothers for?˃ Bounce said.
Author's Annotation: I like how they don't seem to care at all about starting a fire. It seems crazy to me looking back, seeing as bushfires are a huge natural disaster here in Australia. The firefighters probably had some water Pokémon, so they could have helped out and gotten some new morphs out of it, too!
