Rescue Bots in the world of Pokémon
Here's the next chapter of my crossover story of 'Transformers Rescue Bots' and 'Pokémon'. I hope you all enjoy it and please leave reviews to tell me what you think of it.
"Talk"
'Thoughts'
"Com-links"
Chapter 12: Hot Shots part 1
Two days have gone by since Anora and Dani had caught their new Pokémon friends. It was during those two days that the Firehouse got a statue of a rearing Griffin standing on top of the etched out insignia of the Rescue Robots. The statue was placed on the front lawn of the Firehouse. It stood there like a guard as if to protect the Burns family's house hold from intruders. It was also during those two days that Kade had to swallow his pride, and apologise to Anora to earn back the right for Heatwave to let him ride again when it came to going on rescue missions.
Anora was outside as she sat underneath a large tree with a book in her hands. Rowan and Mimi were playing hide and seek together, while staying within the boundaries of the backyard. Anora made sure to keep a close eye on them so that they didn't wander off too far. Rowan had settled in quite nicely with being part of Anora's family, though he did tend to make Kade's life as difficult as possible. Rowan was still a prankster at heart, but his pranks were a little tamer these days for he had learned his lesson on not to go overboard in his pranks like he did with Rotom.
Sky the Pidegy had also settled in quiet well as she constantly went out on patrol with Dani and Blades. At first, Blades wasn't too thrilled that Dani had a new partner, but soon got over it as Sky and Blades began to become friends. Yet once in a while the two would bicker with each other over flying, which always winded up with Sky delivering a couple of hard pecks to helicopter-bot's head if he insulted or said something wrong to her.
Yes, things were never boring at the Firehouse now that there were two new Pokémon friends around. Anora was reading a math book that Graham had given to her so that she could study before she enrolled in Cody's school in the fall. Anora glanced up from the math book to watch Rowan and Mimi playing for a moment before going back to her studying. As she flipped to the next page she heard the sound of heavy metal feet coming towards her. Anora looked up to see Heatwave standing in front of her.
"Hey Heatwave," greeted Anora with a smile.
"Hey," greeted Heatwave as he lowered himself to the ground and sat in front of Anora. "How's it going with your studying?"
"It's going okay," replied Anora as she closed the math book and placed it down beside her on the ground. "I'm just starting on the easier parts in the math book before coming up to the hard mathematics. I haven't really gone to a real school before. I've always been homed schooled back in my old hometown and my parents always hired the best teachers to help me with my education."
"Yeah, but there's a disadvantage to 'home schooling'," muttered Heatwave with a frown of displeasure. "You never got to make friends with other kids your own age."
"Yeah, I know," voiced Anora with a sad smile. "So this is going to be a big step for me when it comes to meeting new kids at a real school, and the truth is...I'm kind of nervous."
"That's natural," reassured Heatwave. "Everyone gets a little nervous or on edge whenever they experience something new."
"Even you sometimes?"
Heatwave gave a chuckle of embarrassment before he answered Anora's question.
"Let's just say I get on edge when something rubs me the wrong way."
Suddenly the alarm within the Firehouse went off, which caused Mimi and Rowan to stop mid-play to look at the Firehouse in confusion. Anora quickly picked up her math book and stood up along with Heatwave.
"Time for another day of rescue," said Heatwave as he knelt down to offer Anora a ride.
"Days are never boring on Griffin Rock," stated Anora as she, Mimi and Rowan jumped onto Heatwave's offered hand.
The Fire-Bot stood up and quickly made his way back to the Firehouse, while making sure not to jostle his passengers.
In the district of downtown, a white Solar Car was driving down the street at high speeds with Doc Greene riding inside it. He let out a scream as he tried to gain control of his car, while crashing into the newspaper dispenser in the process. Suddenly the audio phone within the car beep before Doc Greene quickly answered the person on the other side of the line.
"Can I call you back? T-this isn't really a good time."
The person on the other end was none other than Chief Burns as he drove in Chase to follow after Doc Greene's run away car. Anora was riding along with him as she sat in the front passenger seat with Mimi sitting in her lap.
"I can see that, Doc," stated Chief Burns.
"My Solar Car's out of control!" exclaimed Doc Greene in fear as he slammed his foot down on the brake in vain. "Darn thing won't shut off! The accelerator is stuck. The steering system seems to have a mind of its own." The chase continued on throughout the town with the Solar Car showing no signs of stopping before Doc Greene added one more thing to his distress. "And I'm getting a little car sick."
Doc Greene let out another scream as his Solar Car sped forward with Chase and Chief Burns following close behind. Charlie quickly contacted his family through the com-link.
"All right, team. You heard the Doc. Let's do what we do."
"The vehicle has turned South onto March Lane." Chase informed his human partner.
"Thanks, Chase," said Anora with a nod.
Up in the air Blades was following the out of control Solar Car with Dani, and Cody riding inside of him. Dani suddenly came up with an idea on how to stop Doc Greene's Solar Car.
"Hey, how about we drop down and bounce on his roof to slow him down?"
Blade's wasn't so sure about that idea and voiced it to his partner.
"Helping is good. Dropping's okay. Bouncing I'd like to discuss a little further."
Anora, having heard what Dani had suggested to Blades, quickly spoke up on the com-link, which was snapped onto her overall strap, to talk to her older cousin. Charlie had given both Anora and Cody com-links so that whenever they come on missions with their family they were always in hearing range.
"I don't think that's such a good idea, Dani. You and Blades might accidently bounce too hard on Solar Car's roof, and crush Doc Greene in the process."
Dani was about to argue with Anora about that notion before Charlie spoke to his daughter.
"Dani, you two just keep an eye on things from up there."
Dani let out a sigh as Cody used his binoculars to keep an eye on where Doc Greene's Solar Car was going.
"Doc's now on Waverly," Cody informed his family before spotting a group of parked cars that stood in the Solar Car's way. "Heading right for some parked cars."
Cade and Heatwave were close by as they headed to where the parked cars were.
"Roger that," said Kade, "I'm on it."
Heatwave glared at his human partner from the screen before correcting him.
"I think you mean 'We're on it,' don't you?"
Kade glared back at Heatwave in annoyance.
"Just get us there, Heatwave," ordered Kade.
Doc Greene let out a scream when he saw the parked cars in front of him, but luckily Heatwave arrived just in time. The Fire-Bot quickly used his ladder like a ramp for the Solar Car to jump over the parked cars. It landed safely on the other side and continued speeding forward.
"That was close," muttered Anora after witnessing what had happened on Chase's screen before speaking into the com-link again to talk to Cody and Dani. "Cody, where's Doc Greene at now?"
"Doc's back on Main Street," answered Cody.
Anora let out a sigh before speaking into her com-link again to talk to her cousins.
"We need to find a way to slow that Solar Car down," said Anora. "Does anybody have any ideas?"
Blades spoke up first as an idea popped up inside his head.
"You know, if I were a ground unit, I'd try to pop Doc's tires."
"Good idea, Blades," praised Dani before she spoke to her family through the com-link. "Guys, I'll go back to the station and grab a spike strip, then we can-"
"No need Dani," interrupted Graham from the com-link. "Boulder and I can improvise."
Graham and Boulder took a short-cut through a muddy area across from the hardware store. Graham quickly jumped out before Boulder transformed into his robot mode. Graham saw three giant rolls of barbed wires before showing his partner his idea on his tablet.
"What do you think? Feasible?"
"A thing of beauty," answered Boulder before he headed towards a manhole cover.
With one powerful stomp, the manhole cover bounced up with Boulder catching it in the process. He then threw it like a Frisbee at the hardware store sign, thus knocking it off its hinges. In the process, the sign knocked over the top spool of barbed wire. A long strand of the barbed wire laid on the road as Doc's solar car ran right over it. At first it seemed to have work until the flat tires of the car were replaced automatically by new ones.
"Well, at least I know the automated tire replacement works," said Doc Greene before he let out another scream as he crashed through some rocks.
"Sometimes, Doc Greene is too smart for his own good," muttered Anora as an anime sweat-drop appearing on the side of her head with Mimi yipping in agreement before Anora spoke to Cody on the com-link once again. "Cody, where is Doc Greene heading now?"
Cody didn't answer for a moment, but when he did his voice was edge with fear and worry.
"Oh no," said Cody, "Doc's on Old Canyon Road."
"That's not good," muttered Anora.
Her uncle and cousins had told her and the Autobots about Old Canyon Road. The bridge on the road had broken apart just a few days ago, and the builders hadn't gotten around to building a new one yet. Anora and her uncle heard Dani talking over the com-link.
"Blades, can you stop Doc's car if we land in front of it?" asked Dani.
"Beats dropping and bouncing," muttered Blades.
"No, Dani. Stay in the air," said Charlie firmly. "Chase and I are closing in."
Charlie turned to look at Anora to give her a warning.
"You and Mimi might want to hold on tight."
Anora nodded before she felt Chase tighten his seatbelt around her. Anora held Mimi close to her chest in a gentle, but firm embrace. Chase sped up before transforming into his robot mode. He quickly grabbed onto the solar car's panel as he dug his feet into the ground, making it look like he's skiing behind it. Luckily they stopped before they went right onto the bridge. Chase quickly pulled the car back onto solid ground before what remained of the bridge collapsed underneath them. Anora and Mimi let out a sigh before looking at Charlie, who looked at them with concern.
"Are you okay?" asked Charlie.
"Well, other than our hearts pounding in our chests' were fine." Anora answered before adding with a bit of humor in her voice. "But I don't think we want to try that again for a long while."
Mimi yipped in agreement as Charlie chuckled at his niece's humor. Chase opened his canopy to let Anora, Charlie and Mimi out, while he looked down at his smoking feet. Charlie walked over to the driver's window with Anora to talk to Doc Greene.
"It's alright now, Doc," said Charlie when he noticed how tightly Doc Greene was holding onto the steering wheel. "You can, uh, let go of the wheel now."
Doc Greene removed his shaking hands from the steering wheel, which revealed the dents of his grip, before he let out a sigh.
"Are you okay, Doc?" asked Anora in concern.
"All in all, except for the part where I could stop-or steer-not a bad test run." Doc Greene answered with a smile.
"Uh...yeah," said Charlie with a raised eyebrow.
Anora and Mimi quietly shared a chuckle with each other at finding the humor in her uncle's conversation with Doc Green.
Everyone soon got back home to the Firehouse after giving Doc Greene a ride back to his lab. Once at home, Heatwave immediately asked Anora if she and Mimi were okay. Anora gave Heatwave the same answer she gave to her uncle, while adding one more thing to calm his worries.
"And don't worry Heatwave. Chase kept us and uncle Charlie safe."
Heatwave was calm after that before Huxley Prescott, the only known news reporter on Griffin Rock, came by the firehouse to interview the Burns family. The older Burns siblings were all outside with Cody and Anora, while Charlie was in the command center. He wanted to keep watch for any other unexpected emergences that might come up within the next hour. Anora and Cody watched from the side lines with Mimi sitting on Anora's shoulder, while Rowan, who had been in his Pokéball during the rescue, stood at Anora's side. The gecko Pokémon had a bored look on his face before letting out a yawn as Huxley began to speak.
"An out-of-controlled vehicle. An unsuspecting public. Disaster in the making. How did our brave family of heroes save Griffin Rock yet again?" Huxley shoved his mick in front of the older sibling. "Kade Burns?"
"Here we go," voiced Anora to her younger cousin. "Kade is going to go into his glory hog mode again."
"Guts," answered Kade proudly. "That's what it takes to stare down a runaway car with nothing but a ladder. It was harrowing, but I dug in and-"
"Graham, anything to add?" questioned Huxley as he cut Kade off and shoved his mick towards Graham.
Graham quickly cleared his throat before he spoke.
"Well, um, in order to create a makeshift tire hazard, I calculated the distance between-"
Huxley once again turned his mick to point it at Dani.
"And how did you contribute, Dani?"
"Me?" asked Dani with a smile before she began to speak, "I-"
"Uh, Dani monitors everything from the air," cut in Kade as he wrapped his arm around Dani's shoulder before pinching her cheek. "I'd tell ya, we couldn't do our job without my little sis. Well, we probably could, but," he let out a chuckle, while Dani walked away with an angry look on her face. "As I was saying, a rescue of this type requires a lot of skill and concentration..."
'Not to mention humility,' thought Anora as she and Cody watched Dani walk off, while Kade continued to boast about himself.
Having enough of hearing him talk, Anora decided to go find the Bots and see what they were up to. Rowan followed behind her, but not before he stopped to give Kade a raspberry behind his back. It took about an hour for Huxley's interview with the older Burns siblings to be finished before he finally left. That gave the Heatwave and his teammates' space to breathe as they all gathered at the basketball court. They were cooling off after their rescue with Heatwave spraying the mud off of Boulder.
"You know, if there's mud to be found than Boulder's gonna roll right through it," said Heatwave.
"I'm part tractor," said Boulder with a shrug, "It's what I'd do."
"Yeah, but that also means we'll have to give you a bath every time you do go through mud." Anora joked as she walked forward with a bucket full of soapy water in her hands.
Rowan carried two large sponges in his arms as Mimi walked along beside him with a sponge in her mouth. Chase was off to the side as he sat down on the ground to buff out the scratches on the bottom of his feet.
"I believe there must be a more efficient way to halt a runaway car than...skiing behind it," said Chase.
"There sure is," said Cody as he walked up to Blades, who was holding a large brush for him.
"Yeah, keeping Doc Greene out of the driver's seat," said Anora with a chuckle.
She set down the bucket before she took the sponge that Mimi was carrying.
Boulder laughed at her reply as Cody took the brush from Blades, who handed it to him.
"Gotta love the Doc," said Boulder as he holds still to let Anora and Cody clean the dirt off of him. "Keeps us busy."
"Some of us," Blades sighed dishearteningly. "Others only watch from the sky."
"Aw, don't feel bad Blades," said Cody as he turned to give the helicopter-bot a reassuring smile.
"He's right," said Anora as she dunked her sponge into the soapy water and began to clean Boulder's right foot. "Who knows, maybe our next rescue will be in the air."
"That would be nice," said Blades with another sigh before adding, "As long as it's not too high in the air."
"What's it matter who does what?" questioned Heatwave as he crossed his arms over is chest. "None of us is appreciated."
"What do you mean, Heatwave?" asked Cody as he and Anora stopped scrubbing Boulder to look at the Fire-bot in confusion.
"Did you notice that I was risking hook and ladder? But Kade took all the credit. Once again."
"Yeah, we noticed," said Anora with a sigh. "He really needs to go to a school that can teach him, humility."
Rowan and Mimi nodded their head in agreement for the two Pokémon had seen firsthand how Kade always took all the credit when it came to being a rescuer.
"Well, I don't always get thanked for helping, either." Cody said, "Neither does Dani or Anora. But I know that we're appreciated."
"Something tells me Dani would not agree with you," said Blades with a shake of his head.
'I have the same feeling' thought Anora with a worried look on her face.
Night soon came over Griffin Rock as Dani traveled to Doc Greene's lab. She opened the door to his lab and walked in.
"Doc? Are you in here?" called Dani as she looked around.
She suddenly let out a gasp when Doc Greene pulled her out of the way, just before a newspaper hit her head. Now she and Doc Greene were hiding behind an overturned table that acted as a barrier. They both poked their heads up once they both safely behind the table.
"Sorry, Dani," said Doc Greene as he stared at the newest machine that he had built. "I'm building a replacement for the newspaper dispenser I ran over."
The machine spat out another newspaper that headed in their direction as they quickly ducked down behind the table barrier again.
"One that beans readers in the head?" questioned Dani with a chuckle.
"Oh, no, no, no. One that tosses papers into your car as you drive by," corrected Doc Greene before a newspaper thudded against the table. "Anyway, I'm glad you're here. I wanted to thank you for your help today."
"Well, I didn't do much," said Dani with a frown before she pulled out a piece of paper. "But that's all going to change. Can you build me one of these?"
Dani showed Doc Greene a picture that she had drawn on the surface of the paper. It was a drawing of Blades in his helicopter mode with something, which resembled a claw, hanging from underneath him.
"Ho, a scoop claw," said Doc Greene as he examined the drawing thoughtfully. "You know, they used something like this on the island years ago for logging. I might even have one in storage."
"Could you lend it to me?" asked Dani before they both flinched at hearing another newspaper slamming against their table barrier.
"Absolutely," answered Doc Greene happily before he poked his head up behind the table barrier to look at the newspaper dispenser again with Dani joining him. "Right after that thing runs out of Sunday additions."
Another newspaper was shot at them as they quickly ducked down behind the makeshift barrier. The force of the newspaper being fired caused the window behind the two to shatter. The noise was heard by Rotom as the little plasma Pokémon quickly flew into the room to see what was going on. It let out a surprise squeak before dodging to the right to avoid being hit by an incoming newspaper. It then turned its sight on the newspaper dispenser, and frowned in annoyance before it flew forward. It quickly merged itself into the machine, which sparked at its contact. The newspaper dispenser shuttered for a second then went still. Dani and Doc Greene slowly poked their head out from behind the table to see that the machine had stopped firing newspapers. Rotom zapped out from the machine before it quickly flew towards them. It chirped in concern as it stopped to float in front of Doc Greene and Dani as it asked them if they were okay.
"We're alright, Sparky," reassured Doc Greene with a smile. "Thank you for stopping the new newspaper dispenser."
Rotom proudly puffed out its chest before Dani looked at Doc Greene with an amused expression upon her face.
"Sparky?" She questioned with a chuckle.
"Well, my lab assistant Pokémon needs to have a name," said Doc Greene with a smile. "Just like how you and Anora gave names to your Pokémon partners."
"That's true," said Dani with a chuckle before her face turned serious. "Speaking of Pokémon...how's that Sandile doing?"
"He's doing fine," reassured Doc Greene as he stood up from behind the table. "He should be waking up in about two days. The wound the Sandile's back has already fully healed. So Anora can come by to check on him whenever she has time."
"Thanks, Doc. I'll let her know," said Dani with a relieved smile upon her face.
The next day, there was the sound of drilling echoing throughout the firehouse. Anora, Cody, Rowan and Mimi quickly slid down the fire pole to the garage to see what was going on. They saw all of the Rescue Bots and Dani standing in the garage with Blades, who was in his helicopter form, sitting on the lift. They saw the scoop claw hanging underneath him. Heatwave, Boulder and Chase were standing around Blades and Dani as they watched the female pilot drill on the claw. Sky was out of her Pokéball as she watched her human partner from her perch on Boulder's shoulder. Anora and Cody walked towards Dani with curious looks upon their faces.
"Hey, Dani, what are you doing?" asked Cody.
"And what's that thing you're attaching to Blades?" added Anora as she held Mimi in her arms, while Rowan walked beside her.
"Cody, I beg of you, talk some sense into your sister. Please." Blades pleaded to the young human boy desperately.
"Relax, Blades," said Dani as she stood underneath Blades, while on top of the scoop claw as she finished drilling it on. "You're looking good."
"Hardly noticeable," said Boulder in a helpful manner.
"Yeah. Just don't fly over any power lines." Heatwave said before he chuckled at his own joke.
"Heatwave," chided Anora lightly.
"Actually, that is sound advice." Chase said.
Sky let out a chirp of agreement for she knew what it felt like to accidently run into a power line without paying attention to where she was going.
"So, Dani, what exactly is that thing?" asked Anora again.
"A scoop claw," answered Dani proudly as she turned to look at Anora and Cody with a smile. "And it's gonna put both me and Blades into the action." Dani raised her hand up and patted the helicopter-bot's landing gear. "Right, Blades?"
"So you keep telling me." Blades grumbled unhappily.
"Time to winch it up," said Dani as she turned her eyes back onto Anora and Cody. "Hand me the remote, please."
"I can do it," said Cody as he grabbed the remote.
Dani jumped down from the scoop claw to land in front of him and Anora.
"I don't know," said Dani as she took the remote from Cody. "It's a little complicated."
She pressed the lower button on the remote, which caused the scoop claw to rise up before it settled into place underneath Blades.
"Yeah. Pressing a button is so tricky." Cody said with his arms crossed over his chest.
"I just wanted done right, little brother." Dani said as she gave her brother a light noogie.
"I don't know about this, Dani," spoke Anora with an uneasy look upon her face.
"Relax, Anora." Dani reassured her cousin with a smile before she turned to Blades. "Let's see you transform with it, Blades."
She lowered the platform down until Blades was at ground level.
"Nobody laugh." Blades said before he slowly transformed in front of the others.
"Oh, I love it. I have to show dad." Dani quickly turned and took off towards the elevator.
Everyone stared at Blades in shock for a moment before Heatwave, Boulder, Rowan and Sky started to laugh.
"What?" asked Blades as he looked down at the scoop claw that hung on his belly. "Does it make me look fat?"
"Um...well..." Anora started with hesitation before Heatwave interrupted her.
"No, not at all, Captain lead belly." Heatwave said with a laugh.
Rowan was rolling on the floor laughing, while Anora and Mimi gave the gecko Pokémon a disapproving look.
"Come on. Don't make fun of him." Cody said as he placed his fists on his hips.
"Ah, he knows we're joking," said Heatwave before he lightly elbowed Boulder. "Sort of."
The two Autobots began to laugh again with Sky and Rowan joining in. Anora frowned at the two bots before Cody spoke up to defend Blades.
"Maybe he just wants to be treated like he matters." Cody said angrily as he began to walk away from the Bots.
Heatwave suddenly felt like an idiot at what he had done.
"Oh. Oh come on Cody. We were just..." he paused as he looked to see Anora staring up at him with a disapproving look.
"Making fun of someone isn't really funny, Heatwave." Anora lightly scolded to the Fire-Bot. "How would you feel if someone made fun of you?"
Heatwave looked down at Anora and sadly frowned at her words. Rowan and Sky looked down in shame as Anora turned, and began to follow Cody towards the elevator. Heatwave watched her leave before he looked at Boulder and Chase.
"You guys never know when to stop, do you?"
Suddenly the alarm sounded within the firehouse as the Chief's voice came through the intercom.
"Cody, get to the command center. We have a rockslide to deal with."
Anora stood where she was as she watched her younger cousin run towards the stairs. Dani, who had just gone upstairs, quickly slid down the fire pole, with Kade, Graham and Chief Burns coming down after her. Anora quickly detached Rowan's Pokéball from her belt as she enlarged it before pointing it towards the gecko Pokémon.
"Rowan, return!"
A small beam of red light shot out from the Pokéball and sucked up the Treecko into its confines. Dani did the same with Sky before she and Blades headed towards the elevator that lead up to the helipad. Anora quickly followed after Dani and called after her.
"Dani, do you mind if I ride along with you and Blades?" asked Anora.
"Sure," answered Dani happily as Blades transformed into his helicopter mode.
The helicopter-bot opened his canopy for Dani and Anora to hop in as the elevator lifted them up to the roof. Once they arrived on the roof, Blades turned on his main rotor and lifted up into the air. They followed behind the others to where the disaster was happening. As they did, Dani decided to tell Anora the good news.
"I went to Doc Greene's Lab last night, and he told me that the Sandile has made a full recovery."
"Really?" asked Anora as she turned to look at Dani excitedly.
"Yeah," answered Dani with a nod. "He said Sandile will wake up in about two days. So, if you want, I can take you up to the lab to see it."
"Thanks, Dani, that would be great," said Anora with Mimi yipping in agreement.
On the edge of town, large rocks rolled down from a steep hill. Some of the buildings within the city were damaged by the large rocks. Heatwave, Chase and Boulder made it just in time before anymore of the building were damaged by the large rocks. The three Rescue Bots quickly transformed and began to smash the falling rocks. They were doing fine for a while before Chase was knocked back by one of the rocks. Luckily, he and Chief Burns weren't hurt by the impact. Charlie called his daughter on the com-link.
"Dani, what's your twenty?" questioned Charlie, "We need all hands."
"We're almost there." Dani answered.
"Cody, can you see what's coming down the hillside?" asked Charlie.
"Stand by," said Cody as he looked at the monitors for a moment.
He then saw was a large boulder breaking off from the hill as it started to roll down to where the team was standing.
"A boulder as big as a house is coming down right on top of you!" exclaimed Cody in fear.
Anora's eyes widened in horror at what she heard, and she began to worry about the fate of her relatives. She quickly turned to Dani.
"Dani, Blades. We need to hurry," she said.
"Better hang on tight then," said Dani as gently pushed the helicopter-bot's control stick forward.
Blades quickly sped up and Anora could only hope that they would be able to get there in time before the team gets crushed by the boulder.
To be continued
And here you all go, the next chapter of my story where I leave you all with a cliff hanger.
White Hunter, howling out to you and creativity!