Rescue Bots in the world of Pokémon
Here's another chapter of my Rescue bots/Pokémon story.
mewmaster89: Thank you for your support.
Unknown Guest: I plan on having more Pokémon come into the story, but it will be the Burns siblings that will have Pokémon partners as they will help in working along the Rescue Bots. I kind of have an idea on which Pokémon one of the Burns siblings will have, and they might have one or two Pokémon partners.
pokemonsora01: I'm glad that you like reading my story so far. In the beginning Anora and Heatwave will have a father/daughter relationship, but it might develop into something more. I haven't decided on it yet though.
pokemonjkl: I'm glad you're enjoying it so far.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Com-link" or "Monitor screen"
"Rescue-Bots-Robot-Talk"
Chapter 6: Under Pressure part 1
Night had come over Griffin Rock as everyone within the small town was asleep. All except for Anora, who was lying in her bed, while looking up at the ceiling of her bedroom. Anora was in her usual sleep wear as she lay on her back with her hands resting on her stomach. Mimi was also still awake as she sat beside Anora's pillow, while staring at her friend with a curious expression upon her face. Anora had a light frown on her face as she thought over what had happened yesterday. It had been one big adventure for her and Mimi, along with Anora's little cousin. She got to meet four alien robots who are rescuers like her relatives, and she got to help stop a robotic T-rex from hurting innocent people. Her uncle even called her and Cody heroes when they were getting their picture taken. This should have made Anora happy, but she felt a bit of doubt in being part of her uncle and cousins' rescue team.
"Mimi...do you really think we can be part of this team?" asked Anora as she turned over onto her side to look at her Pokémon partner and friend. "I mean, being part of a rescue team is a great honor, but am I really capable of being a hero?"
Mimi only replied by gently nuzzling her head against Anora's as she tried to comfort her human friend. Anora gave her Pokémon friend a small smile before she sat up on her bed.
"How about we check up on Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots," said Anora as she scooped Mimi up into her arms.
Anora slid off her bed and stepped into her slippers before she stood up to make her way towards her bedroom door. Anora quietly turned the doorknob as she pushed the door open. She stuck her head out to look down the hallway to see if anyone else was awake, but luckily saw no one before she stepped out of her bedroom. Anora quietly shut her bedroom door behind her before she began to walk down the hallway, while trying to keep her footsteps as light as she possibly could. She soon arrived at the edge of the stairs and began to make her way down them, while placing her right hand on the wall to help guide her down.
When she reached the bottom, Anora made her way towards the fire pole before she let Mimi climb up onto her shoulders. Anora wrapped her hands around the pole and hopped on it as she began to side down it. She slid down the pole all the way to the garage where she saw the Rescue Bots in their alt-modes. Anora landed on her feet once she jumped off from the pole before she slowly walked towards the four Rescue Bots. When she got closer, Anora heard a gentle purring coming from the four robots.
"Looks like their asleep," whispered Anora to Mimi with a smile. "I didn't even know that alien robots could fall asleep."
Mimi giggled softly before Anora lifted her finger up to her lips to single for Mimi to be quiet.
"Come on," whispered Anora. "Let's get back to bed."
"Or you can stay here and tell me why you're up so late."
Anora and Mimi jumped in surprise before the two of them quickly turned their eyes on Heatwave. Anora smiled sheepishly at the fire truck as she rubbed the back of her head nervously.
"Um...Hey Heatwave," greeted Anora shyly. "I hope we didn't wake you up."
"I'm a light sleeper," said Heatwave. "So you mind telling me why you're up?"
Anora lightly frowned as she turned her gaze to the floor of the garage.
"Well...I'm...*sigh* the reason is…I can't sleep. I'm having some doubts about being a part of the rescue team."
It became quiet within the garage for a second before Anora heard something being unlocked. She turned her head up to see the side door of the passenger's seat open.
"Hop in," said Heatwave.
Anora hesitated for a second before she walked up to the open door and hopped into the passenger's seat. Once Anora was sitting down, Mimi jumped down from her shoulder and onto her lap. Heatwave gently closed the side door before his face came onto the monitor screen before he spoke.
"Okay, Anora. Why exactly are you having doubts about being part of this team?"
"Well...I'm not sure how I can be of any used on the team," explained Anora as she started to stroke Mimi's fur.
Heatwave gave Anora a confused look: "What do you mean?"
"Well..." Anora hesitated for a moment before speaking again. "I'm not sure I'm hero material. I mean, I'm not all that brave like you, Kade, Uncle Charlie and Dani when it comes to facing dangers. And I'm not really smart in engineering like Graham and Boulder. So I don't know how I can help you guys in rescue missions."
"Anora, everyone has their own strengths," said Heatwave gently. "And I think your strength is you knowing almost everything about the Pokémon of your world."
Anora blinked in surprised at what Heatwave said before she and Mimi shared a look with one another.
"Listen, Cody is able to help us learn more about what he knows on Griffin Rock. But you seem to know a lot about Pokémon and that can help us out in learning more about your planet. Also, don't sell yourself out short. After what happened last night, I'd say you can be just as brave as anyone on the team."
Anora smiled at the complement: "Thanks Heatwave."
Anora then let out a yawn as she started to grow tired. Heatwave noticed this and couldn't help a small smile.
"You'd better get back to bed now," suggested Heatwave.
"Okay," said Anora as she gathered Mimi up into her arms before Heatwave opened his side door. "Thanks for listening, Heatwave."
Heatwave only nodded at Anora as the young teen jumped out of him and landed on the ground. Once she was out, Heatwave gently closed the side door behind her. Anora walked towards the elevator before she stopped for a sec to turn and look at Heatwave one more time as she waved goodnight to him. She then continued on her way towards the elevator before standing in front of it. Anora pressed the button and the doors to the elevator instantly opened for her and Mimi. Anora quickly stepped in before doors of the elevator closed behind her, and she let her thoughts wander over the conversation that she had with Heatwave.
'I hope I can help the Rescue Bots with understanding Pokémon,' thought Anora as a small smile appeared on her face. 'I also hope that tomorrow is going to be okay too.'
Later the elevator stopped at the third floor of the firehouse, and opened its doors so Anora could step out. As Anora made her way back to her bedroom, she didn't know how wrong her hope for tomorrow being okay would be.
Next Morning
The sun hung high in the clear blue sky over Griffin Rock as an old man was trimming one of his shrubberies. The man's shrubbery was cut into the shape and size of an elephant. He held a proud look on his face as he gazed at his masterpiece. But his proud look quickly turned into fear when he saw an out of control Robo-landscaper heading towards him. He quickly jumped out of the way to avoid being run over by the Robo-landscaper, but his shrubbery got destroy in the process. Following behind the runaway landscaper was Chase and Charlie as they chased after the out of control machine.
"You-Will-Be-Compensated-For-Any-Damages-Citizen," said Chase when they sped passed the man.
Back at the firehouse, Anora, Mimi, who was sitting on Anora's left shoulder, and Cody, who was sitting in the command chair, were watching the action on the command center's monitors. The two cousins witnessed the Robo-landscaper crashing through a brick wall, while Chase and Charlies quickly followed after it through the new hole that it had created.
"Attention Rescue team," said Charlie as he spoke through the com-link. "Robo-landscaper out of control!"
The two cousins and Pokémon watched as the Robo-landscaper lifted up its front blades to cut down the light posts on the side streets.
"Uncle Charlie, Chase, look out!" exclaimed Anora.
She watched how Chase dodged the incoming light posts as he and Charlie continued to chase after the Robo-landscaper. Anora let out a sigh of relief when she saw that they were okay.
"I could use a hand here," said Charlie through the com-link as he appeared on the monitor screen. "Where you at Burns family?"
"Um...it might be a while, dad," replied Cody.
Anora let out a sigh before she walked towards the hatch that led to the stairs.
"I'll go see what's keeping them," said Anora before she opened the hatch and made her way down the stairs.
She quickly ran towards the fire pole and jumped on it as she slid down to the garage. Anora stopped half-way down when she saw that Graham and Kade were still in the garage with Heatwave and Boulder in their alt-modes. Anora let out another sigh before she continued her slide down the pole. She quickly hopped off it once she reached the floor.
"Guys, Uncle Charlie needs your help," said Anora as she ran up to her two older cousins. "You have to get going, now."
"We know Anora," said Graham as he turned to look at Anora when she came to stand between Boulder and Heatwave. "But we're still trying to wrap our heads around the fact that our rescue vehicle actually real live aliens. It's just too bizarre. They're alive but we're supposed to ride inside of them?"
"You did once before," said Anora with a reassuring smile. "Besides, they don't mind you guys riding inside them now."
"Don't be a wimp Graham," spoke Kade with an annoyed look on his face. "They're just vehicles."
"Hey," spoke Heatwave that caused the two Burns siblings look at him with startled looks on their face. "I can hear you, you know."
"Guys, please," said Anora as she tried to reason with her cousins. "I know its going to be hard, but you just need to-"
"Just shut up, Anora," interrupted Kade as he glared down at his little cousin. "We're professional Emergency Responders and you're just a kid that's supposed to stay out of our way."
Anora's heart clenched at what Kade had said and turned to sadly look down at the garage floor. Mimi growled at what Kade had said before she started to yip widely at him, which caused the older Burns sibling to look down at the fox Pokémon in annoyance. What happened next caused the two Burns siblings and Anora to look at Heatwave in surprise when the Fire-bot suddenly started to chuckle.
"And what's so funny?" questioned Kade with a frown.
"Oh nothing," replied Heatwave smugly. "Only that Mimi called you a thickheaded, ugly, arrogant peacock."
Kade took offense to what Heatwave had just said to him.
"What?!"
"Mimi's words, not mine." Heatwave stated with smugness still evident in his voice.
Kade only scoffed: "Whatever."
Kade climbed into Heatwave's cab and Graham quickly climbed into Boulder. Anora stepped back as two of the three doors within the garage opened before the two rescue vehicles zoomed out. Anora ran outside before stopping to stand in the middle of the driveway to see that Blades hadn't lifted off from his landing pad.
"Looks like Dani and Blades are also having troubles in working together," muttered Anora.
Mimi yipped in agreement while letting out a sigh in the process. After a minute, Blades finally lifted up from the landing pad and began to fly after Boulder and Heatwave. Anora watched them leave before she quickly raced back inside to see what was going on, on the monitors within the command center.
Back with Charlie and Chase, the two partners chased the Robo-landscaper into an abandoned alleyway. But when they drove into alleyway, they saw no sign of the out of control machine.
"No sign of the suspect," said Chase when he saw no sign of their target. "What now sir?"
Before Charlie could reply, he turned to look back behind him when he heard the sawing sound of the Robo-landscaper. Somehow the Robo-landscaper had gotten behind them without Charlie or Chase knowing about it.
"I advise that you to hold on sir," said Chase before he switched his gears into reverse.
Chase speeded backwards as Charlie held on tight to the steering wheel. When it looked as if they were going to collide with the Robo-landscaper, Chase quickly transformed and did a flying back flip in the air. Chase landed behind the Robo-landscaper before quickly jumping again and landing behind the machine. He flipped it where he caught the pole handles that are attached to the saw.
"You have the right to remain silent," said Chase as he struggled against the Robo-landscaper. "Anything you say can be used against you." He then threw the Robo-landscaper into a nearby garbage bin, where it completely shut down when the lid of the garbage bin slammed down on top of it. "And you will not be compensated for any damages."
A second later, the rest of the rescue team arrived in front of the alleyway. Blades and Dani landed on the roof of a nearby building that stood next to the alleyway, while Heatwave and Boulder stopped in front of the entrance. Dani stepped out of Blades to gazed over the edge of the roof before leaning against it with a look of disappointment on her face.
"*sigh* we missed it didn't we?"
Chase transformed back into his vehicle mode before Charlie stepped out of him with look of anger on his face.
"What kept you all?"
"Our rides wouldn't let us drive," answered Kade angrily inside Heatwave. "They're slowing us down."
Heatwave, angered by Kade's words, quickly transformed into his Bot-mode with Kade smashed up against his windshield.
"Fast enough for ya?" questioned Heatwave snidely.
"Let me out!" exclaimed Kade as he pounded his fist against the glass. "Oh, I'm gonna hurl!"
Heatwave turned his gaze on Charlie, who crossed his arms and gave him a look. Heatwave transformed back into his alt-mode before opening the passenger's side door. Kade quickly crawled out before leaping to the ground. Heatwave also threw out Kade's fire helmet, which landed on the red-head's head crookedly. Kade straightened up with an angry sigh.
"Never again," he said before he fixed his fire helmet on his head.
"Look, I know we're all adjusting to being a team, learning about each other," said Charlie as he tried to reason with his eldest son. "But it will go a lot smoother if we work together."
"I signed up to rescue people," said Kade stubbornly. "Not make nice with machines."
Kade then turned and started walking back to the firehouse.
Back at the command center, Anora, Mimi and Cody had watched the whole argument on screen. Anora let out a sigh before she and Cody shared a looked with each other.
"Cocky as a peacock, and stubborn as a mule," muttered Anora.
Heatwave's face came on screen with an angry look upon his metal features.
"These humans don't realize they're on a team," he said.
"Don't worry Heatwave, I'll talk to him" said Cody as he leaned against the control panel before blowing a strand of his bangs out of his face.
Anora let out another sigh: "Cody, I don't mean to sound negative, but after living with your family for about four days I can tell that your siblings are...stubborn."
"I think I can convince them," said Cody as he gave Anora a reassuring smile.
"If you say so," said Anora with a hint of doubt in her voice.
An hour later the older Burns family members came home. Charlie had taken Cody's place at the command center, while Cody went looking for his siblings to see if he can convince them to be a little friendlier with the Rescue Bots. Anora and Mimi decided to head down to the bunker to hang out with the Rescue Bots for a while. They used the elevator this time as they rode it down to the bottom level of the building. Anora and Mimi, who still sat on Anora's shoulder, stepped out of elevator once it came to a stop and opened its doors for them. They saw the Rescue Bots lounging within the bunker, while they did their own thing. Blades was sitting on the couch watching cartoons on the big screen TV. Chase was looking through the police manuals as he studied the codes. Boulder was reading a few books about landscape and nature, and Heatwave was on the metal platform as he punched the wooden training post to let out his pent-up frustration.
"Hey guys," greeted Anora as she walked up to the Bots.
"Hey Anora," said Blades with a wave, while not looking away from the TV.
"How's it going?" asked Boulder as he looked up from his book to look down at Anora.
"Not too bad," answered Anora with a shrug before rubbing her right arm with her left hand. "Though I came down here to see if you guys were okay."
Chase turned his optics on Anora in confusion: "May I ask, why?"
"Well...I kind of wanted to see how the three of you guys are handling my older cousins," answered Anora carefully. "I know you and Uncle Charlie are getting along fine Chase, but the rest of you..."
"Let just say it's not going so well," answered Heatwave from where he stood on the metal platform as he delivered a hard punch to his wooden training post.
"Yeah, my older cousins are known to be...stubborn," said Anora with a sigh.
"You know, I been wondering about something," spoke Blades as he turned off the TV to look over at Anora. "You keep calling Dani and her family, cousins, and I have to ask...what are cousins?"
Anora gave a little chuckle before she answered helicopter-bot's question.
"Cousins are people that belong to the same extended family," she said with a smile. "I'm related to them through their mother, who is the sister of my mother, thus making Cody's mother my aunt."
"That sounds a little complex," said Boulder as he thought over what Anora said.
"Believe me, extended families can be kind of confusing at time," said Anora as she looked up at Boulder, while giving him a shrug.
"What are mothers?" asked Blades as he became a little confused about the conversation.
Anora blinked as she looked at Blades in befuddlement before frowning as she tried to think of a way to answer the Bot's question.
"Um...well, you could say that a mother is the female that helps the father in raising children," said Anora.
"So a mother and father are what you call your parental units?" asked Chase to confirm what Anora was telling them.
"Yeah," replied Anora with a nod of her head. "But I'm guessing you guys have another word for your care takers?"
"Yes we do," answered Boulder with a smile. "We call our parental units Carrier and Sire."
Anora thought over what Boulder had just told her: "So...Sire is the father and Carrier is the mother?"
"That's right," said Boulder with a nod.
Anora smiled at knowing that she had got it right before another question came into her head.
"So I've been meaning to ask you guys something. I know you guys are metal robotic aliens, but what are your species called? And where exactly do you all come from?"
"I guess we never really told you and Cody, did we," stated Heatwave gently before he jumped down from the platform and landed on the ground.
"No I don't think you have," said Anora with a shake of her head.
"We are known as Cybertronians," said Chase as he stepped up to explain what they were. "And we hail from a metal planet called Cybertron that is located light years away."
'That was blunt' thought Anora with a sweat drop appearing on the back of her head.
"There are also two types of Cybertronians that you should know about," said Heatwave as he knelt down to be at Anora's height. "The group that we're a part of are known as Autobots the good guys, and then there's the Decepticons who are the bad guys."
Anora let what she heard from Heatwave sink in before she asked him another question.
"So how do I tell which Cybertronia is which?"
"From our insignias," answered Heatwave as he pointed to the marking on his chest.
Anora carefully looked at the insignia on Heatwaves chest and saw the white marking of a robotic face on it with a two ringed circle circling around it.
"Do all of the Autobots have two ringed circles around the robotic face?" asked Anora.
"No," replied Heatwave with a chuckle. "Only Rescue Bots have circles around their insignias, while other Autobots have only the robotic insignia on them." He then stood up to his full height again. "Speaking of which, my team and I better call Optimus to inform him about the progress of our mission."
Heatwave was about to turn and walk away before Anora stopped him by shyly ask him a question.
"Um...is it okay if I join you guys in your meeting?"
Heatwave looked down at Anora in surprise before taking on a thoughtful look. After a second, he looked down at Anora again and nodded his head at her. Anora smiled before she quickly followed after the Rescue Bots as they headed to a secret room within the bunker, which had been built a few months back before Anora came to Griffin Rock. Once they entered the secret room, Anora couldn't help but stare opened mouthed at the large computer that stood inside. Anora quickly followed the Rescue Bots into the room before standing in front of Blades as Heatwave walked up to the control console. He pressed the button on the control board before the middle screen turned on. Then what appeared on the screen was the face of the robot that Anora and seen in her dream four nights back.
'That's Optimus?' thought Anora as she stared up at the face of the Autobot leader.
Anora and Mimi kept quiet as Heatwave began to talk to Optimus as the Fire-bot told his leader about their progress on Griffin Rock. And from the report that Heatwave was giving to his commander, it wasn't a good one.
"This isn't working Optimus," said Heatwave as he walked back and forth in front of Anora and his team members. "Our partners don't want anything to do with us."
"Actually, Chief and I get along quite well," spoke Chase as he corrected Heatwave on his words.
Heatwave growled as he glared at Chase for a second before turning back to the screen.
"How are we supposed to complete your mission to help humans if they won't let us?" asked Heatwave, hoping that his leader could give him an answer to their problem.
"I'm certain you will find a way, Heatwave," said Optimus in a calm voice. "Remember, learning to communicate with humans is also part of your mission."
"My partner communicates loud and clear," spoke Blades before he raised his left servo up to rest it on the side of his helm. "Especially loud."
Anora turned to look up at Blades with a sympathetic smile on her face. She knew what it was like to have Dani yelling at you for she had witnessed her cousin arguing with Kade a lot. Dani can be known to have a loud voice when it comes to yelling at people that she was angry with.
"Well...Cody and Anora have been trying to help us fit in," said Boulder with a smile.
Anora looked at Boulder for a second before looking at the screen again. When she did, Anora and Mimi froze when they saw the eyes of Optimus landing on them. Anora gave a nervous smile as she shyly waved at the Autobot leader. Optimus gave her a reassuring smile as he nodded his head in greeting to her before turning his attention back onto the Rescue Bots.
"Then take guidance from Cody and Anora," advised Optimus to the team. "I have found that the young of this species are the most valuable allies, especially when it comes to learning about the Pokémon of their world."
'He knows about Pokémon too?' thought Anora in surprise.
"Make friends?" asked Heatwave with uncertainty. "With all due respect, Optimus, is that all you have to say?"
"Not entirely," answered Optimus with a raised metal eyebrow. "Rescue Bots, good luck!"
With that, the screen turned off. Heatwave raised his left servo up to the screen with his mouth hanging wide open. He then crossed his arms over his chest as he let out a sigh. Anora looked around at the Rescue Bots for a moment before she decided to break the ice of awkwardness.
"Well...he was...straight to the point."
"He's never really one to..." Boulder paused for a moment before looking down Anora. "What is it you humans would say?"
"Beat around the bush," answered Anora with a smile.
Chase's face held an expression of confusion as he turned his gaze down to look at Anora.
"Why would humans want to beat up a bush, while circling around it?"
Anora and Mimi giggled before the door to the secret room opened. All heads turned to see Cody walking into the room.
"Guys..." he started before he took in the equipment within the room. "Whoa, I didn't know the Bunker had a secret room!"
"I'm thinking that with the Rescue Bots around, there's going to be all sorts of surprises for us in the future," said Anora with a smile.
"How did it go Cody?" asked Blades.
Cody's only answer to Blades's question was a sigh as his shoulders slumped down in defeat.
"That bad, huh," stated Anora with a sad frown.
Cody nodded before perking up again as Blades knelt down to his level: "But here's the new plan. Kade, Dani and Graham don't know you guys like Anora, Mimi and I do, right? So you all just need to bond."
Heatwave leaned forward with an unsure look on his face: "What does 'Bonding' entail?"
"Hopefully to have a better partnership with Kade, Graham and Dani," answered Anora with a smile.
Heatwave looked down at Anora for a moment before sighing as he decided to try out Cody's idea and to hopefully have a better partnership with his human. Cody then went over the plan with the Rescue Bots with Anora helping to fill in some of the gaps of the plan.
To be continued
And that's a wrap with this new chapter. Stay tuned for the next chapter that will be coming your way.
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