Rescue Bots in the world of Pokémon
Here's the next chapter of my story. I hope you all enjoy it and leave reviews to tell me what you think of it. Also I need help with choosing a water type Pokémon partner for Kade. Here are three of the Pokémon that I think might be interesting partners for Kade.
Squirtle
Totodile
Mudkip
The Pokémon that has the most votes will be Kade's Pokémon partner.
Solartiger: Who knows, you'll just have to keep reading to find out.
pokemonjkl: LOL, nice punch. As for a Legendary Pokémon appearing within the story. I have a few ideas on how and when it would happen. You just have to keep reading to see when a Legendary Pokémon will appear in my story.
"Talk"
'Thoughts'
"Com-links" or "Monitor Screens"
Chapter 13: Hot Shots part 2
Back down the hill the three Rescue Bots heard what Cody had just said.
"A house? Sounds like the whole neighborhood," said Boulder.
The Rescue Team watched as a giant boulder came barreling down the mountainside towards them as it knocked down a couple of trees that stood in its way.
"The way I see it, we have two options," spoke Chief in a serious voice. "-Smash it or grab it."
"Smash it!" shouted Heatwave as he got into position to take down the boulder as he turned to look at his three team members. "On three. One. Two-"
"Three!" shouted Blades.
The three Autobots watched in surprise as Blades lifted the boulder away from them in his new scoop claw.
Anora let out a sigh of relief as she heard Cody exclaimed 'Woah' over the com-link. She was glad that her uncle, two older cousins and the three Rescue-Bots were okay and that they made it just in time to help them.
"Stand down, boys." Dani said in a proud voice. "Blades, Anora and I have this under control."
"Nice job you three," praised Charlie.
"That was certainly unexpected," said Graham, "Though impressive."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," spoke Kade before he started his complaining. "But since when do we not test a new apparatus before using it?"
"Consider today the test, grumpy." Dani said with a hint of sass in her voice. "See you back home."
Anora and Mimi couldn't help but be impressed by how Dani put Kade in his place.
'Well, she has known him longer than I have,' thought Anora with a smile. 'She's also Kade's sister so she would know how to put him in his place whenever he's being a jerk.'
Back on the ground the team watched Blades fly away with the boulder still clutched in his scoop claw. Heatwave let out a sigh as his shoulders slumped slightly in his action.
"There will be no living with Blades now." He said in annoyance.
Night soon came over the island of Griffin Rock as everyone made it back home to the firehouse. Anora and Mimi rode down on the elevator with Blades as they descended into the garage, where the other Autobots and Cody were waiting for them. Anora watched as Blades patted his new scoop claw as Cody walked forward towards them.
"Blades, that was so cool!" praised Cody excitedly. "How'd you know you could pull it off?"
Anora, Mimi and Blades stepped off the elevator as the young teen, with her Eevee friend in her arms, walked a few steps off to the side to let Blades bask in the glory.
"I didn't, really." Blades replied with smile. "I-I thought the boulder would be too heavy, but then I tapped into a reserve of strength I didn't think I had."
"I'm trying to tap into a reserve of patience I don't think I have." Heatwave growled in a low voice.
Anora glanced over at Heatwave with a look of worry on her face. She hoped that nothing bad was going to happen within the conversation where someone might get hurt. Chase quickly stepped in as he voiced his concern and complaint to Blades.
"For the record, Blades, that operation exceeded the acceptable level of risk."
Anora decided to speak in hopes of calming everyone down.
"Guys, I know you're all a little edgy, but think about what could have happened if Blades didn't grab that boulder when he did."
"Anora's right," said Cody as he defended Blades. "You should be happy for him. It was a great save."
"Ah, sure was," spoke Boulder with a grateful look on his face. "We could have been flattened out there. So thank you, Blades, for coming to our rescue."
"Anytime," said Blades as he took a bow.
Anora smiled for a moment but then frowned as she looked towards Heatwave. The Fire-bot sighed as he rolled his optic in annoyance. Anora could tell that there was still a tense aura coming off of him. She decided to change the subject a she nervously stepped forward to speak, a little cautious of what could happen if she spoke up.
"Um...you know, Dani just told me some good news before we left for the emergence." Anora said in a soft voice.
Heatwave, Chase, Boulder and Cody all turned their attention on Anora. Heatwave calmed himself before he spoke to Anora as gently as possible.
"And what news is that?" asked Heatwave as he tried not to snap at the girl.
Anora hesitated for a second before she plucked up her courage, and spoke with a small smile on her face.
"Doc Greene said that Sandile has made a full recovery, and that it'll wake up in about two days."
The tension within the room disappeared as everyone relaxed at the news that Sandile had made a full recovery.
"That's great news." Boulder said happily.
"Will you be making schedule to see that Sandile?" questioned Chase.
Anora nodded her head as she felt relieved that she was able to change the subject of Blades unexpected rescue for a while. She could only hope that tensions wouldn't grow within the firehouse.
'I also hope that this first time rescue with the scoop claw doesn't cause Blades and Dani to go overboard in their future rescues.' Anora thought silently to herself.
The next day Anora and Cody were at the command center with Mimi and Rowan. They were all watching the monitor as they saw a large tree blocking the road, and preventing traffic from moving forward. Graham and Boulder were on the scene as they prepared to lift the tree off of the road, but that moment was quickly stolen by Blades and Dani. The high flying duo had lowered the scoop claw down, and grabbed the large tree in the process. They easily lifted the tree up and flew away with it as Boulder and Graham watched in surprise. Anora lightly frowned as she began to sense that things were going to turn for the worse within the team.
She was proven right as two days went by as tensions began to rise up within the Rescue Team. Anora had gone to Dani to see if she and Blades would take her to Doc Greene's lab so that she could check up on the Sandile. Dani brushed her off by saying that she and Blades had patrolling to do, and that they needed to get to the emergence first before anyone else did. Anora thought of asking either her uncle or Graham to take her to the lab, but they only said that they were busy with other things. That only left Heatwave and Kade, but she was a little nervous about asking them for a ride. She could tell that they were growing frustrated with Dani and Blades, and she was afraid that one of them would snap at her out of anger.
Anora was outside with Mimi and Rowan as they sat underneath the tree together. Anora sat with her knees held against her chest with a lonely look on her face. Rowan and Mimi sadly stared up at Anora as they sat quietly in front of their trainer.
"It's only been two days now and already tensions are growing within this family." Anora softly voiced to her Pokémon friends. "Dani promised to take me to the lab after she told me that Sandile was going to wake up. But that changed when she and Blades started to go out on rescue mission that the others can take care of. I've tried asking Uncle Charlie and Graham if they could drive me up to Doc's lab, but they said they were busy with other things today. *sigh* and I can't ask Kade and Heatwave to drive me because...I don't want to be around in case they snap at me out pent-up frustration."
Anora let out another sad sigh as she rested her head against her knees. Mimi walked up to Anora's side and began to gently nuzzle her head against her friend's right elbow. Rowan walked up to Anora's left side, and placed a comforting hand on his young trainer's upper arm. The trio was quiet for a moment before they heard the sound of feet coming towards them. Anora slowly lifted her head up to see Cody standing in front of her with a concern expression imprinted on his face.
"Oh...hey Cody," muttered Anora as Cody walked over to her.
"Hey," he greeted back as he sat down beside her. "Are you okay, Anora?"
Anora hesitated for a moment, but then answered by shaking of her head 'no'.
"Everyone is a little on edge about Dani and Blades butting in with the rescues that the others can handle themselves." Anora said with a sad frown upon her face. "There's also the problem of me not being able to find anyone who can take me up to Doc Greene's Lab. Uncle Charlie and Graham can't take me because they're busy with other things, and Dani is out looking for emergencies before anyone else on the team could reach them."
"Have you tried asking Kade and Heatwave?" asked Cody gently.
"I don't think Kade would be interested in going up to Doc's lab to see Sandile." Anora grumbled as she crossed her arms over her knees. "And I'm not sure if I should ask Heatwave either."
"Why not?"
"Haven't you noticed that he's been growing a little tense these two days? Ever since Dani and Blades started putting themselves into the action, and taking over everyone's jobs, Heatwave started become less able to hold back his anger. I'm afraid if I say anything to him or ask anything from him he might snap at me...or worse. He might strike out at me."
"Heatwave would never do that," reassured Cody with a frown.
Anora let out a sigh as she sadly glanced at Cody for a moment before speaking again.
"Cody...back home my parents started to neglect me as I grew up. Sometimes I would hear them say things about me when they thought I wasn't in the same room as them. But sometimes...sometimes they would shout or punish me for no reason. They would sometimes even slap me across the face if they thought I was being a spoiled brat. I...I just don't want to go through that again while I'm living with all of you. I don't want everyone thinking I'm a spoiled brat that only thinks of Pokémon and not of how people are feeling."
Cody sadly stared at Anora and was about to say something to her when someone else's voice beat him to it.
"That's what makes your parents the worse kind of humans on this planet."
Anora blinked in surprise as she raised her head up to see Heatwave walking towards her and Cody. She quickly noticed the Fire-bot's angry expression, but she got the feeling that his anger was not at her or Cody. Heatwave came to a stop before kneeling down to be at the kids' heights before he reached out with his right servo, and gently rested a single finger on Anora's cheek.
"Anora, I may get annoyed at times, but that doesn't mean I'd hurt you physically." Heatwave said as the anger on his face shifted to a soft expression. "And neither would Cody and your other family members. We're nothing like your parents and we won't punish you without any reason. You're a part of this family now and we try to look out for each other, understand?"
Anora leaned her cheek against Heatwave's large finger as a small smile appeared on her face. She looked up at the Fire-bot and nodded her head to show that she understood. Heatwave smiled back at Anora before he slowly drew his finger away from the young girl's face.
"Now, how about we go up to Doc's lab and see how that Sandile is doing?" suggested Heatwave.
Anora and Cody looked up at Heatwave in surprise before Anora spoke with an unsure look on her face.
"Are you sure? I mean...don't you need Kade to sit in the driver's seat so that no one will get suspicious about seeing you driving by yourself?"
"Not if we use a few of the short cuts that'll lead us to Doc Greene's lab," said Cody with a sly smile.
Anora, Cody and Mimi rode within Heatwave as the Fire-bot took a few shortcuts. They were able to avoid any place that was crowded with people. They made good time as Heatwave drove up to the front doors of Doc Greene's lab. Anora and Cody unbuckled their seatbelts before Anora turned her gaze onto the monitor screen with a smile.
"Thanks for the ride, Heatwave," said Anora.
"You're welcome," said Heatwave with a smile. "So...how long do you think you three will be in there?"
"Probably for a few minutes," answered Anora. "It's just going to be a quick visit to see how the Sandile..."
Anora's sentence was cut short when they all heard a crash within the lab. Anora and Cody glanced at each other for a moment before they got out of Heatwave, with Mimi riding on Anora's right shoulder, and headed towards the front door. Anora was the first one to the door as she quickly threw it open. She ran into the lab with Cody following right behind her as they raced up the stairs to the top floor. When they got there, the trio heard Frankie shouting as something crashed to the floor. Cody was the one to open the door this time and what they saw inside had the trio gapping in astonishment. The lab was a mess with equipment and papers scattered across the floor. There was also some broken glass on the ground, probably from beakers and test-tubes.
"What happened in here?" voiced Anora as she and Cody walked into the room.
The trio suddenly heard another crash to their right before they quickly turned to see what had caused it. The two cousins let out a yelp of surprise as a brown blur ran passed their feet. They watched as the brown blur hid underneath one of the tables before it slowly poked its head out to look at Anora, Mimi and Cody. The blur's head revealed itself to be none other than the Sandile. Anora smiled in joy and relief before she leaned forward slightly as she placed her hands on her knees.
"Hey there, Sandile," spoked Anora in a soft voice. "How're you doing? You probably don't remember me, but I'm Anora."
The Sandile stared at Anora for a moment before its eyes widened in recognition. It was about to crawl out from underneath the table, but it cried out in fear as it ducked back into hiding when it heard the sound of running feet. Anora blinked in surprise before she straightened up, and turned around to see Frankie and Doc Greene running towards them. Sparky was also with them as he floated beside Doc Greene's right shoulder.
"Ah! Anora!" exclaimed Doc Greene as he and Frankie quickly came to a halt in front of Cody and his cousin. "I'm glad that you and Cody could make it."
"Sorry if we're a little late Doc," said Anora with a smile. "I hope we didn't keep you waiting."
"Oh not at all," replied Doc Greene with a smile.
Sparky chirped a greeting as it waved its' right appendage at Anora and Mimi. Mimi yipped a greeting towards the Rotom as she wagged her tail happily.
"What happened here?" asked Cody as he looked around at mess within the lab.
"You can blame the Sandile for this mess," answered Frankie with an angry scowl. "It started running around the lab for no reason after waking up."
Anora blinked in surprise at what Frankie had just said before she remembered how the Sandile had reacted to loud noises, and sudden movements. It would get scared and start running away from the thing that had cause the sudden noise or movement.
"Did you or your dad accidently make any loud noises or sudden movements towards the Sandile?" asked Anora with a curious frown.
Doc Greene took on a thoughtful look before answering Anora's question.
"As a matter of fact yes. When we came into the healing room a few minutes ago, Sandile was already awake and looking around the room. At first the Sandile was a little cautious of us, but then relax for a second when it saw that we weren't going harm it before Dither suddenly flew into the room. That was when the trouble started I'm afraid. Dither accidently flew too fast and too close to the Sandile, thus causing the little Pokémon to go into a panic attack. It started running around the lab, while bumping into tables and shelves within the process."
"Poor thing," voiced Anora as she looked towards the desk that the Sandile was hiding under. "Something really bad must have happened to Sandile before it came to Griffin Rock."
Sandile, after hearing its name being called, slowly poked its head out from around the corner of the desk to look at the four humans. Sandile had a timid look on its face as it focused all of its' attention on Anora and Mimi. Anora had a thoughtful expression for a moment before she brightened when an idea came into her head. She turned her gaze on to Mimi.
"Mimi, why don't you try talking to Sandile and see if you can get him to calm down?" requested Anora.
Mimi smiled and nodded her head before Anora knelt down to let her jump off. Mimi slowly walked over the the desk, while the four humans silently watched before Frankie decided to open her mouth to speak.
"Are you sure letting your Eevee get near that thing is such a good idea?" questioned Frankie in a doubtful voice.
Everyone quickly shushed Frankie when they saw Sandile flinch slightly at her talking suddenly. Mimi soon came up to Sandile and gave it a friendly smile before it began to gently yip at it. Anora and the others silently watched as Sandile began to strike up a conversation with Mimi for a bit before Mimi slowly turned to face Anora again. Mimi looked back at Sandile and gestured with her head for it to follow her. Sandile hesitated for a moment before it slowly began to follow Mimi as the little Eevee lead it towards Anora. Anora knelt down on the floor as she made sure to lower her height to make herself less threatening to the ground/dark Pokemon. She watched as Sandile came within a foot in front of her before she slowly moved her right hand out towards it. Sandile took a cautious step back from Anora's out stretched hand before looking at Mimi for reasurance. Mimi responded by giving the Sandile an ecouraging smile before the ground/dark Pokemon looked up at Anora.
"It's alright," reassured Anora with a smile. "I'm not going to hurt you."
Sandile still looked a little unsure, but kept still as Anora slowly moved her hand forward and started to scratched it underneath the chin. Sandile's tense poster slowly relaxed as it began to purr at the pleasure of being scratched underneath the jaw.
"There we go," voiced Anora gently with a smile, "That's a good Sandile."
Cody stared at his cousin in amazement as she calmed the Sandile down with just a gentle touch of her hand.
"Noble," whispered Cody with a smile.
Anora glanced back at Cody with a smile of her own for a second before looking back down at the dark/ground Pokémon as she stopped scratching the Sandile's chin. Sandile let out a happy whine as it gazed up at Anora with a calmer expression.
"There's no reason for you to be afraid of us," said Anora. "We're not going to hurt you, we just want to help you."
Sandile cocked its head to the side curiously before Mimi came up, and started to gently nuzzle her head against it. Sandile purred as it returned the nuzzle with its tail wagging happily in response.
"Well done, Anora," praised Doc Greene as Anora stood up to her full height again. "It would seem you have a special touch with befriending Pokémon."
"It comes with the advantage of living near the forest of my old hometown," said Anora with a shrug of her shoulders. "Mimi and I would go out to the forest to play with the wild Pokémon that live there."
"Wasn't that a little dangerous?" asked Frankie with a worried frown. "Pokémon can be pretty unpredictable, especially wild Pokémon."
"Don't worry," reassured Anora with a smile. "The wild Pokémon that I have met have all been Mimi's friends, and if it weren't for them I would been who I am today."
Frankie had a doubtful look on her face as she turned to look at Sparky, who floated near her left shoulder. She still wasn't comfortable with a Pokémon wandering around the lab, especially one that had caused so much distruction and chaos. Anora saw this before she placed a calming hand on Frankie's shoulder, which caused the younger girl to look up at her.
"Frankie, I know you don't exactly like Pokémon, but at least be willing to look past what Rowan's friend had done. You might find out that there's more to Sparky than meets the eye."
Frankie gave Anora an unsure expression as the teen removed her hand from her shoulder. Anora gave Frankie a smile before blinking in surprise when she felt something nuzzling against her leg. She looked down, expecting to see Mimi rubbing up against her leg, and was surprised to see Sandile nuzzling against her. Anora smiled before she knelt down to be at the Sandile's height as the dark/ground Pokémon stared up at her curiously.
"Is it okay if I pick you up?" asked Anora cautiously.
Sandile looked at Anora in surprise before taking on a thoughtful look for a moment. After a minute of thinking, the Sandile nodded its head 'yes' at Anora. The teen slowly picked up the Sandile and held it in her arms as she stood up to her full height again. The Sandile sat still within Anora's arms as his form relaxed within her gentle hold.
"Looks like you've earned Sandile's trust," said Doc Greene with a smile.
"I guess so," replied Anora with a shrug before looking down at the dark/ground Pokémon in her arms. "Now the big question is, what's going to happen to this Sandile now?"
Doc Greene took on a thoughtful look before he came to his desition on what needed to be done.
"Well...from what I can see here. I believe Sandile should stay with you for a while since it seems to be comfortable around you and Mimi."
Anora looked up at Doc Greene in surprise and became unsure about that idea before she voiced it.
"I don't know. I mean...I'm not sure if Uncle Charlie will be okay with the idea of having another Pokémon living with us at the Firehouse. I know Kade isn't really to thrilled with having Pokémon living under the same roof as him."
"I'm sure Dad with understand," said Cody was he walked up to his cousin with a reasuring smile on his face.
Anora was a little doubtful as she looked down at Sandile again. She knew that Kade wasn't the only problem that she needed to worry about. Anora wasn't sure how Sandile would react to seeing the Rescue Bots towering over it all the time. But she also knew that Sandile couldn't stay in Doc Greene's Lab after the damaged it caused in its panic attack.
'Well...as the saying goes, better to ask forgiveness than permission.' Anora thought before she looked up at Doc Greene again.
"Alright, I'll look after Sandile and see if I can help it," said Anora with a small smile.
Doc Greene nodded his head at Anora before the young teenager dug into her pocket and pulled out an empty Pokéball. She enlarged the Pokéball before she held it out for the Sandile to take a good look at it. Sandile looked at the Pokéball in confusion before turning it eyes on Anora.
"Sandile...do you want to be part of my Pokémon team?" asked Anora gently.
Sandile stared up at Anora in surprise before it eagerly nodded its head 'yes'. Anora smiled before she lightly tapped the Pokéball against the Sandile's head. Then, just like Mimi and Rowan, the Sandile was covered in a red light before it was sucked into the Pokéball. The Pokéball shook for a second before it let out a ding to signal that Sandile was caught.
"Welcome to the team, Sandile," said Anora before looking up at Doc Greene. "Well, we'd better get going. Kade is waiting for us outside in his firetruck, so he's probably wondering what's taking us so long."
"Then it's best that you and Cody don't keep him waiting," said Doc Greene with a chuckle.
"You're probably right," chuckled Anora before she shrunk the Pokéball and placed it on her belt as Mimi jumped up onto her right shoulder. "It was nice seeing you again, Doc."
"Bye Frankie," said Cody.
"See you later, Cody," said Frankie with a smile.
The two cousins turned and headed towards the door of the lab. They made their way down the stairs before opening the front doors of the lab. They walked outside to where Heatwave was waiting for them. Anora opened the passanger door and got in first before helping Cody into Heatwave's cab. Cody closed the door behind him as Anora sat down in the driver's seat.
"Sorry, Heatwave," said Anora with a smile of apology as she turned to the screen on the dashboard. "I hope we didn't make you wait too long."
"I was getting a bit worried," answered Heatwave as his face appeared on the screen of the dashboard. "What exactly were you three doing in there?"
"We'll give you the details while we drive back home." Cody promised as he and Anora strapped themselves in, while Mimi sat in her human partner's lap.
Heatwave started himself up and began to head back towards the Firehouse, while Anora and Cody told him about what had happened within Doc Greene's lab. Heatwave listened carefully to the details of the story before the two cousins came to the end of the story of how Anora caught the Sandile. He was surprised by that information before frowning slightly.
"You know you're going to have to tell the Chief about this, Anora," said Heatwave firmly.
"Yeah, I know," muttered Anora with a nod. "I'm sure Uncle Charlie will understand, but I get the feeling that Kade will not be happy that another Pokémon is going to be living with us. I'm also unsure of what Dani's and Graham's reactions will be when they find out about our new family member."
"Well...if Kade gives you a hard time, then I'll take care of him," said Heatwave with a smile.
"Thanks Heatwave," said Anora as she gave the Fire-bot a smile.
They soon arrived at the Firehouse a few minutes later, and as they were entering the garage, Anora could only hope that her relatives would be okay with another Pokémon living with them.
To be continued
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