Rescue Bots in the world of Pokémon
Here's the next chapter of my crossover story of 'Transformers Rescue Bots' and 'Pokémon'. Sorry for the long wait everyone, I just got a little distracted with things these last few months. I hope you all enjoy it.
pokemonjkl: Who knows, maybe Sandile will bite Kade in the butt. You have to keep reading to find out.
Guest Reader: Yeah, Kade does have a tendency to stick his foot into his mouth without really thinking things through. That's why he keeps having this on and off relationship with his 'Girlfriend' a lot.
pokemonsora01: Yeah, Kade can really be a pain in the neck with his cocky attitude. As for Sandile joining Anora's team, you'll have to keep reading to find out.
"Talk"
'Thoughts'
"com-links" or "Monitor screen"
Chapter 11: Gaining new friends Part 3
It had been a couple of hours for the Rescue Team and they still hadn't found the Sandile. They decided to head back to the firehouse to regroup and come up with a plan, while Dani and Blades continued their aerial search for the crocodile Pokémon. Graham and Boulder also continued their search for the Sandile by going through town. Everyone else was in the garage as they talked amongst each other, but mostly it was Kade, who was constantly yelling at Anora. He was still angry that his little cousin had decided to go off on her own without telling them. Anora mostly ignored him as she stood with her arms crossed over her chest, while looking down at the ground in annoyance.
"I can't believe how stupid you are!" shouted Kade in frustration, "What if that Pokémon decided to bite your hand off or hurt you when your guard was down? Are you even listening to me!?"
Anora only answered with a huff with Mimi copying her as the fox Pokémon turned her nose up in the air in anger. Treecko was casually sitting on the ground with his back pressed against the wall, while his hands were folded behind his head. Charlie let out a sigh as he watched Kade trying to reprimand Anora about her actions, while his niece only ignored him in the process.
'She's Kayla's niece alright,' thought Charlie with a small smile. 'Anora has that stubborn streak in her like her aunt did when it came to helping people. Not to mention ignoring someone who is shouting at her for being reckless.'
Heatwave, who was getting annoyed with Kade yelling at Anora, decided that enough was enough. The Fire-Bot bent down and got between the two cousins as he glared at his partner.
"How about we focus on finding out where the Sandile is instead of you yelling our audio's off?" said Heatwave with a hard edge in his voice.
Kade flinched under Heatwave's glare before pouting as he turned to look the other way. Anora let out a sigh and turned to give Heatwave a silent 'thank you' before Charlie spoke up.
"Heatwave's right, if we don't find that Sandile soon..."
His words hung in the air as everyone, minus Kade, had a look of worry and understanding on their faces.
"I don't want to even think about it," voiced Anora as she wrapped her arms around herself.
Cody walked up to his cousin and placed a comforting hand on her right arm. Anora looked down at Cody and saw him smile up at her. Anora gave her little cousin a small smile back before they all turned their attention on Charlie, who let out a sigh of exhaustion.
"Let's just hope that Dani, Graham, Boulder and Blades will come back with some good news for us," said Charlie.
Everyone silently nodded their heads in agreement, except for Kade as he stubbornly turned away from the others with his arms crossed over his chest.
Scene change
The high flying duo flew over the city as they continued their search for the Sandile. So far they have not seen any sign of the little Pokémon. Dani let out a sigh before she turned on her radio.
"There's no visual of the Pokémon as far as Blades and I can see from the air." Dani said as she talked to Graham over the com-link, "Anything with your search on the ground, Graham?"
"No," sighed Graham over the com-link, "No sign of the Sandile in downtown."
"I'm guessing the Sandile must have left the city and gone somewhere else." Boulder said as his face appeared on the screen beside Blades' image. "It had gotten scared by Kade when he shouted at Anora back at the park."
"Well, Anora did run off to see if she could find that little Sandile," said Dani with a light frown. "I can't really blame her though. After all she cares a lot about Pokémon no matter what type they are."
"Which brings up my question," popped in Blades with a worried look on his face. "When we do find the Sandile, do you think it'll attack us?"
"I wouldn't think so," answered Dani with a shake of her head. "From what Anora told us, the Sandile would more likely run away from us then stick around to attack us."
"Still, I think it would be best that we don't back it into a corner when we find it," said Graham with caution.
"Yeah, I don't want to find out what would-Whoa!"
Dani pulled back on Blades' control stick in surprise when a Pidgey suddenly appeared within their air space. The Pidgey let out a squawk of surprise before it quickly dived downwards to avoid colliding with Blades. Blades quickly came to a halt as he hovered in the air to regain his bearings, while looking at Dani with wide eyes.
"What on Cybertron was that?!" exclaimed the helicopter-bot in surprise.
"I think that was a Pidgey," answered Dani as she tried to calm her breath. "Once in a while, those little guys will fly around town and perch anywhere they like to roost for a while."
"Would that also include flying around and scaring bots out of their wits?" questioned Blades with a frown.
Suddenly, the same Pidgey appeared in front of Blades' window and angrily started to peck its beak against his window canopy.
"OW!" exclaimed Blades in pain before he shouted at the little bird Pokémon. "That hurts you know!"
The Pidgey stopped pecking as it flew back in surprise and began to chirp franticly in confusion.
"Yes, I can talk," answered Blades angrily at the little bird Pokémon. "And may I add that you have a very sharp beak."
Dani stared down at the screen with a look of astonishment upon her face.
"You can understand what its saying?"
"*sigh* yes," replied Blades with a sigh. "Though I half wish that I didn't understand what Pokémon are saying sometimes."
Dani took on a thoughtful look for a moment as an idea formed within her head.
"Blades, do you think you can ask this Pidgey if it has seen the Sandile around town?"
Blades let out another sigh before he turned his attention back onto the Pidgey, and he forced himself to speak in a polite voice.
"Um...excuse me, but have you seen a little dark/ground type crocodile Pokémon wandering around here by any chance?"
The little bird Pokémon took on a thoughtful look for a moment before shaking its head 'No' while chirping its answer.
"She said, 'No I haven't seen a Sandile wandering around here'," translated Blades with a light frown on his face.
"She?" echoed Dani with wide eyes before looking at the Pidgey through the canopy window "So that Pidgey is a girl then, huh?"
Blades was about to reply when the Pidgey started to speak again as she turned her head in the direction she had come from. Blades' eyes widened in surprise before he quickly spoke to his partner again.
"But Pidgey has seen the Sandile in the forest that's just out of town!" exclaimed the Helicopter-bot.
Dani smiled before she reached up to her hand radio and began to talk to Graham.
"Graham, Blades and I just go a lead on where we can find the Sandile."
"Really, how did you guys find out where the Pokémon was?"
Dani looked out the window of Blades' canopy as she gazed at the Pidgey with a smile.
"Let's just say, a little bird told us. Tell dad that we'll be bringing the Sandile back home as soon as possible."
Dani turned off her radio before turning her attention back to Blades' screen.
"Blades, can you ask Pidgey if she could lead us to where she saw the Sandile?"
"I can try," replied Blades before he turned his attention back onto the Pidgey. "Excuse me, could you lead us to where you last saw the Sandile?"
Pidgey nodded her head at Blades before she turned, and began to fly back in the direction that she had flown from. Blades slowly followed behind so that he wouldn't accidently bump into Pidgey or hit her with his rotor. They continued to follow the little bird Pokémon for a while before they came to the forest. Blades hovered over the forest as he and Dani analyzed their next move.
"The forest is too dense for us to make any kind of landing," said Dani with a frown. "We'll have to land and search on foot from here."
Blades descended down from the sky and landed near the edge of the forest. Pidgey quickly noticed this as she flew down from the sky, and landed on one of the taller trees to look down at the Helicopter-bot curiously. Blades opened his canopy as he let his partner jump out before closing it again. Pidgey once again squawked in surprise as she witnesses Blades transform into his robot form. Pidgey then began to chirp franticly at Blades with her eyes wide open in shock.
"Yeah, I know," said Blades as he turned to look at Pidgey. "I'd be surprised to if I saw myself transform into something huge as well if I was your size."
Pidgey let out a chirp before she turned her attention onto Dani, who was looking up at the little bird Pokémon from the ground. Pidgey flew off from the branch that she had perched upon and fluttered in front of Dani. Dani looked at the bird Pokémon in surprise before raising her left arm up so that Pidgey could land on it. The little Pidgey gently alighted onto Dani's arm as she folded her wings against her sides.
"Do you think you can lead us to where you saw the Sandile from here?" asked Dani.
Pidgey nodded her head before pointing with her left wing in the direction they needed to go.
"Alright then," said Dani before looking up at Blades, "Let's get going."
Blades nodded his head before he began to follow his human partner into the forest, while Pidgey rode on Dani's out stretched arm.
Back at the Firehouse
Graham and Boulder had just gotten back from their search around town to tell the rest of the team about what was going on. They were all down in the bunker as the team listened to Graham's story.
"You're saying that Dani and Blades may have found a lead to where the Sandile might be?" questioned Charlie as he made sure that he was hearing his son correctly.
"That's what she said," answered Graham with a shrug.
"And she told you that a 'little birdy' told her, huh?" questioned Kade with a smirk, "Like what kind of bird? A sparrow? A chickadee?"
"Maybe she met up with a bird Pokémon," guessed Anora thoughtfully.
Kade frowned before he turned to glare at Anora in annoyance.
"Will you knock-it-off with the Pokémon already!" exclaimed Kade as he began to stomp towards his little cousin, "I've just about had it with hearing you talking about those stupid monsters!"
Anora shrunk back from Kade's angry shout before she grew angry herself when she heard what Kade had just called the Pokémon.
"They aren't monster!" yelled Anora, "They're..."
"Living beings," interrupted Kade in a mocking tone as he stopped to stand in front of Anora. "Listen you little twerp, we don't need to hear the garbage that comes out of your mouth. And we don't need you to tell us what we need to know about those monsters, they're just stupid animals that don't think about anything, you useless brat!"
Anora stood frozen in place as she began to feel her heart break at what her older cousin just said and called her. Tears began to appear in the corners of Anora's eyes as she was getting ready to cry. Charlie, Cody, Graham, Boulder and Chase all stared at Kade, completely shocked at what he just said to Anora. Mimi and Treecko glared up at Kade in anger. He had no right to treat Anora like that, after all she was only trying to help. Everyone was quiet for a moment before Heatwave suddenly spoke with a hard edge in his voice.
"And what does that make us?" asked the Fire-bot.
Everyone turned to look at Heatwave as he glared down at Kade, which caused the fire fighter to flinch in fear. He was hesitant to answer, but soon plucked up the courage to speak.
"W-well...you guys are just giant metal machines that help us with our jobs."
"Is that all we are?" questioned Heatwave, "Just machines that have to obey your orders all the time?"
That questioned made Kade hesitate as he had no answer to Heatwave's question. The Fire-Bot continued to glare down at Kade for a second before huffing as he knelt down and gently pick up Anora, Mimi and Treecko from the ground. He placed the young human and two Pokémon onto his right shoulder before he started to make his way towards the door that led into the tunnels.
"Hey! Where are you going?" shouted Kade angrily as the others watched Heatwave walk towards the closed tunnel door.
Heatwave paused in his steps before he turned to look over his left shoulder to glance at his human partner.
"To get as far away from you as possible," answered Heatwave bluntly.
The door to the tunnel slid open and Heatwave turned as he walked into the tunnel. The door to the tunnel slid close behind Heatwave once the Fire-bot was far away from it. Kade stared at the closed tunnel door with his jaw dropped wide open before he growled. He started forward to go after Heatwave, but Charlie quickly stopped his son by placing a hand on Kade's shoulder. Kade turned to give his father a questioning look.
"I think it's best that you let Heatwave cool down a little, and to let Anora be alone for a while." Charlie suggested with a firm look on his face.
Kade wanted to protest, but one look from his father told him not to argue with him. Kade pouted before shrugging off his father's hand and turned as he headed towards the elevator.
It was only a few minutes before Heatwave walked out of the tunnel, and emerged onto the very same hill that he and his team members had stood on a few nights ago. Heatwave came to a stop as he stood on the hill to look out at the city in front of him with a hard look on his face. Anora and her Pokémon friends quietly sat on Heatwave's shoulder with Anora sadly looking down at her lap. It was silent for a while before Anora finally found the courage to speak up as she turned to look at the Fire-bot.
"Heatwave...are you okay?"
Heatwave's face changed from angry to confusion as he turned his optics on Anora.
"I should be asking you that," said Heatwave gently.
Anora looked at Heatwave in confusion for a moment before she sadly looked back down at her lap again.
"Honestly...I'm not okay," voiced Anora quietly as Mimi jumped up to perch on her left shoulder. "I mean, how could Kade think that Pokémon are monsters? They're living beings just like you and me."
Heatwave looked at Anora in surprise before smiling at her.
"You see me as a living being?"
"Well...yeah," replied Anora with a smile as she turned her eyes back on Heatwave. "You may not be living flesh like me or the rest of my relatives, but I know that you're able to think and feel like we do."
Heatwave smiled back at Anora before he turned his gaze forward to look out at the city again.
"At least you, Cody and Chief Burns have some sense in treating us like living beings, unlike Kade."
Anora sighed as she leaned back on Heatwave's shoulder to look up at the sky along with Treecko.
"Yeah, I know," voiced Anora with a light frown. "He thinks he knows everything, but in reality he doesn't really know anything. Sure he's great at his job at being a Fire-fighter, but he just has such a big ego at times."
Treecko nodded his head in agreement, while Heatwave let out a low hum before he spoke again.
"Though going off on your own isn't really one of the smartest moves to do, Anora."
Anora gently bit the bottom of her lip as she nodded her head in agreement.
"But I just couldn't just sit back and do nothing when a Pokémon is injured. And nobody was going to listen to what I have to say." Anora turned her gaze from the sky to look down at the ground before muttering quietly to herself. "My parents never listen to me back in my old hometown."
Heatwave caught what Anora had said and turned his optic back onto the little human with a curious look upon his face.
"What do you mean that your parents never listen to you?"
Anora tensed up for a moment and turned to look at Heatwave. She was about to come up with an excuse when Heatwave gave her a firm look that she was all too familiar with. It was the same look that her Uncle Charlie would give her when he wanted her to tell him what was bothering her. Anora let out a sigh before turning her gaze down towards the ground as she began to tell the Fire-Bot her story.
"My...parents weren't really the best caretakers. In the beginning they were, but when I started to grow older they began to neglect me. They became more focused in their jobs and they had little time for me." Anora's hands began to clench as she gripped the leggings of her overall shorts, while her shoulders started to shake. "And whenever we do have time together they would always ignore me, and would only talk with each other. Then one night, while I was coming downstairs to get a drink of water, I over heard them talking about me in the family room. Some of the things they were saying about me really hurt.
"My mother...she said that she was ashamed that I wasn't as pretty as her. While my father said that I'm just an average girl that wasn't blessed with his intelligence." At this point, tears began to stream down Anora's face as Mimi sadly gazed at her human friend. "What's worse...is that they wished that they had a son instead of a stupid, little runt like me as their child."
Once she was done, Anora broke down crying as she clenched her teeth in anger and frustration. Heatwave, Treecko and Mimi stared at Anora sadly as they watched her cry. Anora spoke again and what she said next had Heatwave stare at her in shock.
"Sometimes I wish that I had never been born!" exclaimed Anora as she shook her head furiously, "Then maybe I wouldn't have experience such a miserable life at the hands of my parent! Sometime...I wish I was-"
"Don't you even say those last words!" shouted Heatwave.
His sudden shout caused Anora and her two Pokémon friends to look at the Fire-bot in shock and surprise. Heatwave slowly calmed himself down before he spoke again in a softer voice.
"Don't you ever say those words, understand? You shouldn't think like that no matter what, you can't give up on life like that when you still haven't fully experienced it yet."
Anora was quiet as she gazed at Heatwave with a confused expression upon her face before the Fire-bot continued to speak.
"Anora...you may think that your life has no meaning, but that's not true. If you hadn't come to Griffin Rock then who knows what would have happened to my team. None of the Burns family have the same knowledge of Pokémon like you do, so they wouldn't have been able to explain to us what Pokémon really are to me and my team. Also if you hadn't been born, then you and Mimi wouldn't have met and became friends with each other."
Anora blinked in surprise at the realization of what Heatwave had said. If she hadn't been born, then what would have happened to Mimi if they hadn't met each other and became friends? Anora smiled before she raised her hand up and began to wipe away the tears from her face. Once she dried her tears, Anora gave Heatwave a grateful smile.
"Thanks, Heatwave," said Anora in a soft voice. "You're right, if I hadn't been born than I wouldn't have ever met Mimi, Treecko, Cody and you."
Heatwave smiled back at Anora as he felt his spark grow warm within his chest.
"You're welcome," said Heatwave before he added, "And don't worry about your parents too much. You have a new family, who will take care of you now, and I promise that no matter what. My team and I will protect all of you."
Treecko then spoke as he pointed to himself then Mimi in question. Heatwave chuckled as he smiled at the gecko Pokémon.
"That includes you two and all the other Pokémon who live on the island."
Treecko gave a satisfied nod before he settled down on Heatwave's shoulder again. Anora and Mimi smiled along with Heatwave before they all looked out at the city of Griffin Rock again.
The duo continued to walk through the forest as they followed the little Pidgey through the thick trees. The Pidgey was flying a few feet ahead of them as she led the duo to where she saw the Sandile. As they travelled through the forest, Blades had to constantly push away the branches of the trees that got in the way of his face. One branch that he was pushing away accidently slipped from his grasp and slapped him in the face. Blades let out a yelp of surprise and pain before pushing the branch out of his face.
"Who knew that trees could be this annoying!" exclaimed Blades in frustration.
Pidgey stopped to hover a few feet in front of Dani, who stopped in her tracks, before the little bird turned to look at Blades and chirped at him. Blades frowned at the bird Pokémon before he pushed the branch away.
"No, I cannot shrink myself down to human size," said Blades as he crossed his arms over his chest, "I don't have that kind of function in my circuitry."
Dani giggled before Pidgey continued to lead them through the forest. As they walked, Dani couldn't help speaking the words that came out of her mouth.
"I wish I could understand what you were saying Pidgey," said Dani with envy. "Then I would be able understand you like Blades does."
"Trust me, you do not," said Blades with a frown as he crossed his arms over his chest.
Up front, Pidgey rolled her eyes form a moment before she let out a loud chirp as she stopped to hover in midair. Dani and Blades stopped in their tracks to look at Pidgey in surprise before they turned their eyes forward. What they saw was the Sandile that they had been looking as it lay in the exact same spot it had collapsed in. Dani quickly turned on her Com-link as she spoke to her father on the other end.
"Dad, we found the Sandile," said Dani as she walked towards the fallen form of the crocodile Pokémon.
"Alright, be careful," cautioned Charlie. "We don't know how it will reach when you approach it."
As Dani walked closer to the Sandile she saw that it hadn't made any kind of move. When she came closer to the Pokémon she saw that the little crocodile was unconscious. Dani quickly knelt down and started to check to see if the Pokémon had a pulse. She found one, but she could tell that it was faint. Dani called her Dad on the com-link again to inform him of the situation. Dani then turned her gaze on the wound that was on the Sandile's back, and saw that it was infected.
"Dad, the Sandile is unconscious and it has a weak pulse, and the wound on its back is extremely infected." Dani said with a light frown, "I'm going to take him to Doc Greene's Lab right now."
"Alright, we'll meet you there," said Charlie.
Dani ended the call before she turned to look at Blades, who was standing off to the side with a worried look on his face. Pidgey was sitting on top of his shoulder with a concern look upon her face.
"Blades get me a blanket from out of your cockpit," said Dani firmly. "I need to wrap this Sandile up to keep him warm as much as possible."
Blades quickly did what his partner ordered as he opened the window on his belly, and reached in to pull out an emergency blanket. He handed the blanket to Dani, who quickly placed it around Sandile before wrapping the little crocodile up in it. Sandile let out a small moan as it slowly opened its eyes when it felt itself being picked up from the ground. It looked up to see Dani staring down at it with gentle eyes and a soft smile.
"Don't worry, we're going to take you some place where you can get better," said Dani in a soothing voice.
Sandile stared up at Dani in confusion before it slowly closed its eyes again as if fell unconscious. Dani quickly stood up and began to walk back the way she and Blades came. Blades followed behind his partner with Pidgey riding on his shoulder.
Doc Greene's Lab
An hour later, the Rescue Team arrived at the Lab. Charlie had called ahead of time to let Doc Greene know that Dani was bringing an injured Pokémon. Charlie also informed Heatwave that he should bring back Anora so that they could all go to Doc Greene's Lab together. Anora had decided to ride in Chase, along with Cody, as she was still mad, and upset with Kade. Treeko and Mimi also came along with Treecko sitting in Cody's lap, while Mimi sat in Anora's lap throughout the drive. All of them were now standing around the medical table as they watched the machine heal the injuries on Sandile's back. Anora held Mimi in her arms with a worried look imprinted on her face.
"Is Sandile going to be okay, Doc?" asked Anora as she turned her gaze on Doc Greene.
"Don't worry, Anora," reassured Doc Greene with a smile as he stood at the control panel. "Sandile is going to be just fine after a few days. Its injuries were infected slightly, but I was able to treat them before they got even worse."
Anora let out a sigh of relief, along with Mimi and Treecko as the gecko Pokémon stood near Anora's feet. Anora turned her attention onto Dani with a smile on her face.
"Thanks Dani, you were a hero today," said Anora as she praised her older cousin.
"It wasn't just me," said Dani with a shrug before she pointed at her right shoulder. "If it weren't for her, I wouldn't have been able to find that Sandile at all."
The camera moves out to reveal Pidgey sitting on Dani's shoulder. Pidgey had decided accompany Dani and Blades back to Doc Greene's Lab to make sure that Sandile got there safely. Anora smiled when she saw the Pidgey sitting on Dani's shoulder.
"Looks like you made a new friend," stated Anora with a chuckle.
"Yeah," said Dani with a smile as she gently scratched her finger against the Pidgey's chest. "Sky was the one who helped lead me, and my helicopter-bot to where she had seen the Sandile."
Pidgey, now named Sky, let out a chirp as she happily fluffed out her feathers. Kade stared at his little sister in disbelief as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"You gave that 'thing' a name?" questioned Kade with a glare.
"Of course," answered Dani with a smile as Sky turned to glare at the older Burns sibling. "After all, I can't just keep calling her 'Pidgey' all the time after she helped me find the Sandile."
Sky chirped in agreement as she proudly puffed out her feathered chest. Kade scoffed before turning away from his sister to glare at the wall, but instead of facing the wall he came face-to-face with Rotom. Kade let out a startled yelp, which caused his family to look at him in surprise, before he fell onto the ground. Rotom cackled for a moment before Treecko let out a happy cry when he saw his friend back to full health. Rotom let out a happy cry as well as it flew towards Treecko, and began to circle around the gecko Pokémon, while chatting excitedly. Treecko stopped his friend's rants by suddenly giving Rotom a gentle, but firm slap on the head, which startled the electric/ghost Pokémon slightly. Anora was a little surprised by Treecko's sudden action to slap his friend before the gecko Pokémon began to scold his friend. Rotom sheepishly looked at its friend, while scratching the side of its head with its left appendage. Anora smiled before looking back at Doc Greene with a smile.
"Looks like Rotom is back to full health again," she stated.
"Yes," replied Doc Greene as he stepped away from the control panel to look down at the little ghost/electric Pokémon. "It's also quite remarkable how much its personality has changed as well."
"What do you mean?" asked Cody curiously.
"Well...remember how it always zipped about the room, while cackling madly like a mad doctor?"
Cody and Anora nodded their heads to Doc Greene's question before he continued on with his explanation.
"After it had fully recovered, its personality changed dramatically. I found out that Rotom is actually a curious little Pokémon that is interested in learning more about my inventions. Also, despite it still being a scamp once in a while, it is actually quite friendly and polite. Not to mention it was able to make friends with Dither."
Anora and Mimi looked at Doc Greene curiously when he said that Rotom had made friends with someone called 'Dither'.
"Who's Dither?" asked Anora with a raised eyebrow.
Her answer was answered when a yellow robot, about the size and shape of a basketball, suddenly floated through the door. The robot had two mechanical arms, hair that was colored and styled the same as Doc Greene's hair, one large blue eye with a black pupil in the middle and a polka-dotted necktie that hung underneath its floating body. In the robot's metal hands was a plate that had two pieces of toast that were cooked to a golden brown. Anora and Mimi gasped in surprise when they saw the floating robot before Doc Greene spoke as he gestured to the yellow bot.
"Anora, I'd like you and little friend to meet Dither, my trusty helper bot. He helps me and my daughter around the lab."
Anora smile as Mimi cocked her head curiously at the yellow bot floating in front of them.
"Hello," said Anora in a friendly voice.
Dither didn't answer at first as he stared at Anora for a moment before he lifted the plate up in front of the young teen.
"Toast?" asked Dither.
Anora looked at the robot for a second before smiling as she took the two pieces of toast from the plate.
"Thank you," said Anora with a nod.
Dither happily beeped back before Rotom flew up to the yellow robot and chattered to him for a moment. The little Pokémon then flew out of the room with Dither following right behind it.
"Looks like someone's made a new friend," stated Dani with a chuckle.
"Yes, indeed," chuckled Doc Greene as Anora shared one of the two pieces of toast with Mimi and Treecko. "Those two seem to get along quite well, and Rotom has also become quite the little lab assistant as well."
"I'm glad that Rotom's okay," said Anora before she frowned a little as she turned her head towards the injured Sandile that lay within the healing chamber. "I just hope that Sandile will make a full recovery like Rotom did."
"But there's still the question on how Sandile got injured in the first place." Graham said as he rubbed underneath his chin. "We know that Rotom got exhausted and disoriented by battling against Sandile, but we don't have the story of how the Sandile got that injury on its back."
"It's too bad that Rotom can't tell us what happened," voiced Anora as Treecko and Mimi finished eating their pieces of toast. "Then we could find out what had happened between it and Sandile."
"An excellent idea, Anora," said Doc Greene with a proud smile, "and the one thing that can easily be accomplished."
Anora and the Burns family looked at Doc Greene in a mixture of surprise and confusion.
"What do you mean, Doc?" asked Charlie with a raised eyebrow.
"Come with me," said Doc Greene as he walked out of the healing room with the Burns family following right behind him.
Anora hung back for a moment to walk over to the healing chamber that held the Sandile inside it. She looked down at the ground/dark Pokémon for a moment with a soft smile on her face.
"Get better soon, Sandile," whispered Anora gently to the crocodile Pokémon.
Mimi softly yipped to the Sandile, while Treecko climbed up onto Anora's shoulders to look down at the Sandile. He had a sympathetic look upon his features as he felt sorry for the injured Pokémon. Even though the Sandile had attacked Treecko's friend, the gecko Pokémon couldn't help, but feel like he had misjudged the Pokémon. Anora stared down at the Sandile for a moment longer before she turned, and quietly walked out of the healing room to follow after her relatives.
Anora soon found her relatives in the main part of the lab as they stood in front of Doc Greene. Anora stood beside Cody as she and her two Pokémon friends turned their attention on Doc Greene. Doc Greene was standing in front of a large computer screen that was turned on. He began to speak, while Anora and the Burns family paid close attention to what he was going to tell them.
"Ever since Rotom woke up from its unconscious state, it started talking to me and Frankie. Unfortunately we weren't able understand it was trying to say to us. That was when an idea came hitting me on the noggin."
Anora gave Doc Greene a curious look.
"What kind of idea?"
"Allow me to show you," answered Doc Greene as he began to type a few keys on the computer.
The computer flickered as an image appeared on the screen. The image was a diagram of two earbuds that looked to be the shape and size where they are able to fit inside a human's ear.
"This is your greatest invention?" questioned Kade with a deadpanned expression as he looked at the earbuds on the computer screen, "hearing aids?"
"On the contrary, Kade. These aren't ordinary hearing aids," corrected Doc Greene with a proud smile on his face. "These hearing aids are actually translators that are able to translate the language of Pokémon."
Anora and her two Pokémon friends stared at Doc Greene with eyes full of excitement and astonishment.
"Woah! Really?" exclaimed Anora excitedly.
"Of course," answered Doc Greene with a smile, "but right now they're still in the developing stage. So I haven't gotten around to making them yet."
"That is so cool," said Anora as she grew more excited with the idea of being able to understand Pokémon. "When do you think you'll finish making the prototypes, Doc Greene?"
"In about a month," answered Doc Greene as he turned off the computer. "But let's not forget that in science there is trial and error. So I'm not sure when I'll be able to have them working properly."
"Still, it's genius Doc," said Graham with a smile. "With those translators we'll be able to understand what other Pokémon are saying."
"Not to mention we'll find out about how Sandile got hurt," adding Anora.
"Exactly my thinking," said Doc Greene in agreement. "Hopefully, we'll find out more on what had happened to our little crocodile and plasma friends."
Anora turned her attention on Treecko, who still sat on her shoulder, as a small smile appeared on her face.
"And speaking of friends," Anora turned to look at her uncle with a shy smile on her face. "Uncle Charlie, would it be okay if Treecko joined our family?"
Charlie and the rest of his children looked at Anora in surprise, while Kade looked at Anora in annoyance.
"You can't be serious," said Kade with a frown before he pointed to Treecko, "You already have a pet, why take in another one?"
"Actually I was wondering if I could have Sky join our family as well," spoke Dani as she stepped into the conversation.
Kade gave his sister a bewildered look at what she had just said.
"What!?"
Dani walked up to stand beside Anora to support her with the decision that they were making together.
"I know taking care of a Pokémon is a big commitment Dad, but if it weren't for Sky's help we wouldn't have found that Sandile in time."
"Yeah," said Anora as she stood proud with a determined look upon her face. "Treecko has always been a good friend to me and Mimi ever since we first met. And I'm sure that with the right training he can be a better Pokémon than he is today."
Charlie crossed his arms over his chest as he began to think about what his daughter and niece were saying. True there might be more mouths to feed, but Charlie knew that Anora is able to help out in teaching them on what they need to learn about Pokémon. Pulse he could tell how close his niece had become with the gecko Pokémon over the last few days.
"Alright you two, you can keep Treecko and Sky," answered Charlie with a smile.
Anora and Dani gazed at Charlie in surprise before they shared a smile with each other. Kade was shocked that his Dad would allow two more Pokémon to live at the Firehouse before letting out a groan.
"This day just keeps getting better and better," muttered Kade as he slapped his hand against his forehead.
"Thank you Uncle Charlie!" exclaimed Anora.
"Thanks, dad!" exclaimed Dani as Sky let out an excited chirp.
Doc Greene spoke up as he made his way over to one of the draws within his lab. He opened one of the draws, and dug through it until he found what he was looking for. He gathered the items up before turning around, and walking towards Dani and Anora.
"Well if that's the case, then I believe that Anora and Dani should have these to prove that they are official Pokémon Trainers."
Doc Greene stopped in front of Anora and Dani before presenting the items that he took out of the draw. In his hands were six marbled sized Pokéballs and a Pokédex. The Pokédex was the same style as Anora's Pokédex except it was orange instead of red. Anora took five of the Pokéballs from Doc Greene, while Dani took the Pokédex and the last Pokéball.
"Thank Doc," said Dani before Sky flew off from her shoulder and landed on one of the lab tables.
Dani turned to the bird Pokémon as she walked up to stand in front of Sky.
"Well Sky...do you want to become my Pokémon partner?" asked Dani with a gentle smile.
Sky answered with a nod and a happy chirp towards Dani, who quickly enlarged the Pokéball before gently tapping it against the bird Pokémon. The Pokéball instantly opened as Sky glows red before she got sucked into the Pokéball. The Pokéball wiggled for a second before a dinging sound ranging out to signal that Sky had been captured. Anora smiled at Dani for a moment before kneeling down to the floor as she placed Mimi on the ground. Treecko quickly jumped off Anora's shoulder to stand beside the little Eevee. Anora looked at Treecko with a firm expression on her face. The gecko Pokémon returned the same look before Anora spoke her question to him.
"Treecko...do you want to become part of not only my Pokémon team, but a part of my family too?"
Treecko smiled before he nodded his head 'yes' at Anora's question. A soft warmth began to blossom within Anora before she placed four of the Pokéballs into her left pocket. She enlarged the fifth Pokéball before holding it out in front of Treecko. The little gecko Pokémon gently clenched his right hand into a fist. He raised his fist up to gently tap it against the button of the Pokéball. Then, like Sky, Treecko glowed red and was quickly sucked into the Pokéball. The ball shook for a second before it dinged to signal that Treecko was caught. Anora raised the Pokéball up to her eye level and spoke in a soft voice.
"Welcome to the team...Rowan."
Mimi jumped up onto Anora's left shoulder and nuzzled against her friend's cheek, which caused Anora to chuckle as she petted Mimi's back. Despite having to look for an injured Pokémon, Anora and Dani had caught two new Pokémon friends to be a part of not only their team, but a part of their family as well. Things were never going to be boring with two new Pokémon on their Rescue Team.
To be continued
I hope you all enjoy this chapter and leave a review to say what you think of it. Also, just for a heads up, I might be thinking of putting some Fakemon into the story as well.
White Hunter, howling out to you and creativity!