Rescue Bots in the world of Pokémon
Sorry for making all of you wait, but here's the next chapter of my story.
mewmaster89: Don't worry, Anora will be keeping Sandile.
pokemonsora01: As for the Rescue Bots finding out about Pokémon battles. You'll have to keep reading to find out.
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Chapter 14 Hot shots Part 3
A week went by after Anora had caught Sandile, along with tell her relatives about it. At first they were a little surprised, but they all came to an agreement that Anora could keep Sandile. Well...all except for Kade. He had voiced his discomfort at having another Pokémon living with them. Nobody paid any mind to his complaint as they only ignored his grumblings. It was during the week, Anora took the time to help the Sandile overcome its shyness around others. It took a while for the Sandile to get used to the Rescue Bots. They were much larger and scarier to the ground/dark Pokémon than anyone else, but he soon grew comfortable with them after meeting Boulder. Anora quickly discovered that the Sandile was a boy when Boulder told her its gender. The two of them quickly became friends after Sandile found out how friendly the Bulldozer-bot was. Then after a while, the Sandile discovered that the other Rescue Bots weren't as scary as he thought they were. During that time, Anora had decided to name the nickname the Sandile, Digger, because of how fast he dug into the ground.
Anora also discovered that Digger was quiet a friendly, and gentle Pokémon after watching him play with Rowan and Mimi. Having Digger around the firehouse had become a little more liver. But tensions had started to grow even higher within the firehouse, as Dani and Blades continued to butt into the other teams' rescue missions. They would put out the fires before Heatwave and Kade could get a chance to do it, which angered the two fire fighters. They also went after a speeding driver, and caught him before Chase and Chief Burns could give chase.
Anora was sitting on the sofa with Cody, Kade and Graham as they all watched the TV together. Mimi was sitting in Anora's lap, while Rowan and Digger sat on the floor together. They all watched the news as Huxley talked about Dani and her latest 'rescue'.
"And there you have it-another thrilling rescue by Dani and her Helicopter-bot," reported Huxley.
Anora shared a look with Cody before they all heard Blades coming in for a landing outside. Cody jumped off the sofa to look out the window for a sec, before he turned to his older brothers.
"Okay. If you yell she's just going to yell back," warned Cody.
"We're not mad Cody," said Graham as he got up from the sofa. "We only wanna talk to her."
"No, I'm mad," argued Kade as he stood up from the sofa.
"Guys, she's just trying to help." Anora said as she stood up from the sofa with Mimi in her arms.
"Helping is one thing." Kade grumbled before he gestured to the stairs as Dani walked down them. "Hogging every mission is another."
"Hey, slackers," greeted Dani with a smile as she placed her hands on her older brothers' shoulders. "Rescue work has never been this much fun. Am I right? Whoo!"
Anora, Cody, Kade and Graham didn't answer as they only shared glances with each other. Dani noticed their hesitation and became concerned.
"Something wrong?" asked Dani.
"Um...you could say that," replied Anora with a nervous look.
Graham cleared his throat before he spoke to his sister, while he distance himself a few feet to stand in front of her.
"Uh, Dani, we're concerned you might be stretching yourself a little thin."
"What he means is, stop hijacking our rescues," said Kade as he angrily glared at Dani.
"You're rescues?" questioned Dani as she frowned at Kade in displeasure.
"Uh, yeah," answered Kade. "You're swooping in like some hot shot."
"Actually, I think I'm doing a pretty good job," argued Dani.
"Except it's not your job, Dani. It's all of ours." Kade pointed out before he gestured to Graham, Cody and Anora.
Cody decided to speak up to see if he can help sort things out within the conversation.
"Well, if you ask me, there's always room for-"
"Oh, Cody, please, this doesn't really concern you," interrupted Dani angrily.
"Dani!" exclaimed Anora as she gave her older cousin a disapproving look. "Cody is only trying to-"
"This doesn't concern you either, Anora!" shouted Dani sharply as she glared at her little cousin. "So stay out of this, will you?"
Anora stepped back with a hurtful look upon her face. She had never been on the receiving of Dani's anger before, but now that she has, Anora couldn't help feeling scared. She also couldn't help, but feel a little hurt at what Dani had just said to her. Mimi bristled within Anora's arms as the Eevee glared at older female in anger. Rowan was also glaring up at Dani as the gecko Pokémon stood beside his young trainer. Digger had hid behind Anora with a frightened look etched on his face. Dani turned her attention back onto her older brothers, not realizing the damage she had done. Anora began to feel tears welling up within the corner of her eyes before she turned, and made her way towards the elevator with Rowan and Digger following her. Cody also had a sad look on his face before he turned and walked towards the fire pole, but not before he caught the last bit of the conversation.
"W-where's Dad? What's he say about this?" questioned Dani.
"You know Dad. He wants us to figure this out ourselves," answered Graham.
Cody grabbed his jacket off from the arm rest of the sofa before he slid down the fire pole to the garage. When he landed, Cody saw Heatwave standing in front of Blades with the drill in his hands. Chase and Boulder were standing behind him, while Blades stood away from Heatwave with a nervous expression.
"Hand over the claw, Blades," said Heatwave. "I promise you won't feel a thing."
"Cody, a little help, please," pleaded Blades as Cody walked up to stand beside him.
"This doesn't concern Cody," said Heatwave.
The Fire-bot didn't want Cody or Anora to get involved with this argument. But he quickly regretted his words when Cody looked at him, and the others in anger.
"Really? You guys, too?" asked Cody.
"Uh, we were just thinking that it might be best if the claw wasn't used so often," explained Boulder.
"Nobody had a problem when it was a big joke," argued Blades angrily. "But now that I'm saving the day..."
"Technically, you're not saving the day. You're assisting the day when the day was not requested assistance." Chase pointed out.
"That claw is staying right where it is," said Dani as everyone turned their attention on her, as she slid down from the fire pole. "Blades, we're going back out on patrol where we are appreciated."
Dani angrily marched her way towards the elevator to the helipad, while Blades smirked at the other Rescue Bots.
"Excuse me. I'm needed in the field."
Blades then followed after his partner, while the others watched them leave. Heatwave then turned to Cody, hoping that the boy would talk some sense to his sister.
"What are you gonna do about this, Cody?" asked Heatwave.
"Nothing," answered Cody with an angry frown. "Like everybody says, this doesn't concern me, right?"
Cody turned to walk away, but then stopped when he changed his mind. He looked back up at Heatwave again before he spoke.
"*sigh* Fine. I'll see what I can do." Cody then turned and followed after his sister. "Dani, hold on. I'll be your spotter."
Heatwave watched as Cody, Dani and Blades took the elevator up to the roof, before he felt something pounding against his ankle. He looked down and saw Rowan standing near his right foot.
"What is it?" asked Heatwave in annoyance.
Rowan answered by chirping a few things in his language, while pointing down at the floor they were standing on. Heatwave blinked in surprise at what the gecko Pokémon had said, along with Boulder, who shared a concern look with Chase. The three Rescue Bots had noticed the elevator two minutes ago going down into the bunker, before Heatwave had grabbed the drill to take off helicopter-bot's scoop claw. They had thought it had been Chief Burns going down into the bunker, but now realized that it had actually been an upset Anora and her Pokémon team. The Fire-bot quickly set aside the drill, before flipping a few switches on the control panel to lower the platform into the bunker.
"What could have caused Anora to be upset?" asked Boulder in a worried voice as they rode the lift down to the bunker.
"I don't know," said Heatwave with a shake of his head. "But whatever it is, we'd better find out."
They soon came to their destination. They began to look around the bunker to see if they could find Anora. Heatwave was about to look somewhere, when Rowan cried up at him. The Fire-bot looked down at the gecko Pokémon, and saw Rowan pointing towards the door that led into the communication room. Heatwave saw that the door to the communication room was slightly open to the point where a young human could walk through. Rowan quickly ran towards open door with Heatwave following close behind him. Once at the door, Heatwave opened it wider before stepping into the room. His audio receptors quickly picked up the sound of crying, before he turned towards the large computer. He then spotted Anora, who was sitting on the ground as she held her legs close against her chest. Mimi and Digger were sitting on either side of Anora as the tried to comfort her. Rowan walked up to his trainer with a concern expression upon his face. Heatwave walked towards Anora before stopping to kneel down.
"Anora?" voiced Heatwave in concern.
Anora hiccupped before she lifted her head up to look at him. Heatwave quickly noticed the tears running down her face, and began to feel a deep anger rising up inside him. He made sure to keep it in check before he began to speak to Anora in a gentle voice.
"Hey, why you crying?" he asked.
Anora sniffed before she wiped the tears from her face. Once Anora dried the tears from her eyes, she turned to look up at Heatwave again before she spoke.
"I got yelled at for crossing a line." She answered in a small voice.
"Was it Kade?" questioned Heatwave with a scowl.
"No," answered Anora with a shake of her head before she rested her chin on her knees. "It was Dani."
Heatwave was surprised at this information, before taking on a thoughtful expression. He had a feeling that something must have happened to cause Dani to shout at Anora.
"You mind telling me exactly what happened upstairs?"
Anora nodded before she began to retell what had went on upstairs within the living room. Heatwave listened intently to what Anora was saying and could help, but frown at the part when Dani said the exact words that he said up in the garage. Tensions had become high within the family ever since Blades and Dani had acquired that scoop claw from Doc Greene. It would've been a matter of time before everyone started lashing out at each other. Heatwave had promised that he would never lash out at Anora, not after what she had experienced back in her old hometown. But he guessed that Anora hadn't told her other relatives about her past yet.
'Probably doesn't want to burden them with her own problems,' thought Heatwave to himself.
Once Anora had finished her tale, Heatwave reached out with his right servo and placed a gentle finger on Anora's shoulder. Anora looked up at Heatwave, along with her Pokémon friends.
"Anora...I'm sure Dani didn't mean to yell at you," said Heatwave gently to the young human. "After all, as you said, we've all been a bit tense lately. It was only a matter of time before we started snapping at each other."
Anora sadly smiled up at Heatwave as she raised her hand right hand up, and touched the metal finger on her shoulder.
"I just wish that everyone could have worked this problem out in a calmer manner," said Anora gently.
Heatwave only nodded his head before he removed his finger from Anora's shoulders.
"Come on," said Heatwave as he stood back to his full height again. "Chase and Boulder are pretty worried about you. They're looking around for you in the bunker right now."
Anora nodded her head with a smile before she stood up, along with Heatwave. She followed the Fire-bot out of the communication room, with her Pokémon friends following right behind her.
With Dani, Cody and Blades, the trio were flying over a large forest as they searched for anyone who needed rescuing. As they flew a storm cloud appeared on the horizon as thunder and lightning rumbled within the air.
"Keep your eyes peeled, Cody," instructed Dani with a look of determination upon her face. "Okay. With luck, we can take care of any problem before Kade and Graham even learn about them."
"You know the saying. The whirly bird gets the worm," commented Blades.
"I liked you all better when you were on the same team," said Cody with a sigh.
"We're still a team, Cody," reassured Dani as she glanced over at her younger brother. "It's just...sometime Kade and Graham think that I can't do anything on my own."
"Yeah, I know the feeling," grumbled Cody.
He then turned away from Dani to glare out through window canopy, while resting his right cheek against his fist. Dani looked at her brother in befuddlement before speaking.
"What do you mean?"
"You kind of treat me the same way." Cody answered in a sad and angry voice.
"Oh, Cody, I do not," said Dani with a smile before it dropped. "Do I?"
"Yeah, you do," answered Cody as he turned to look at his older sister again. "And every time Kade or Graham make you mad, I have to stay out of your way. Not to mention that you yelled at Anora back home when she was trying to talk to you."
"You think I take my anger out on you and Anora?" asked Dani with a light frown.
"Cody speaks the truth," said Blades as he entered the conversation with a sad frown. "Take it from someone whose controls get a furious workout when you're mad."
Dani became surprised at this discovery, before remembering what she had done back at the Firehouse when she had yelled at Anora. Dani also remembered that Anora had a terrible life back in her old hometown, and that Anora's parents had been neglecting her. Dani became sick to her stomach at the realization, before she sadly looked at her brother and began to apologize.
"Cody, I'm sorry. I'll do better. I promise."
"Thanks," said Cody as he smiled at his older sister.
"And you, too, Blades," said Dani as she turned to gaze at the screen of her partner. "I'll go easier on the controls."
"Hmm. This conversation has been very cleansing, hasn't it?" said Blades with a smile.
Dani smiled back at her partner before frowning sadly as she thought about Anora.
'I'll make sure to apologize to Anora too when we get back home,' thought Dani firmly.
Suddenly, the trio heard the rumbling of thunder outside and Dani became worried.
"We'd better head back," she said. "Electrical storms and aeronautics do not mix."
Dani began to turn Blades back towards the Firehouse, but as she did so a bolt of lightning quickly shot out from the sky, and hit Blades in the tail rotor. Blades began to drop out of the sky as Dani and Cody began to panic.
"I'm losing altitude, hang on!" exclaimed Blades.
They began to drop further down towards the forest as Dani tried to call for help on her radio.
"Mayday. Mayday. Dad, Kade, Graham, is anyone there?"
Anora and her three Pokémon friends were in the garage with Heatwave, Boulder and Chase when she heard Dani's distress call. She quickly ran over to where the control panel to the lift was, before coming around to press one of the buttons to activate the communication line. Charlie had just entered the garage when he also heard the emergency call, and quickly ran over to Anora.
"Dani, this is Anora. What's going on?"
She was met with static before Charlie came forward and began to talk Dani.
"Dani. Dani. What's wrong?" asked Charlie.
Kade and Graham quickly slid down the fire pole, before they ran up to stand behind their father and cousin. Heatwave and his three team members quickly came over to hear what was going on, before Dani's voice spoke up from the communication line.
"Hit by lightning...force to land...Cody's with me," replied Dani through the static.
"What is your location?" asked Charlie in a calm yet serious voice.
For a moment, there was only static before Charlie tried to talk to Dani again.
"Dani, tell us where you are."
"Ridgeline Cliff," answered Dani.
A jolt of fear ran through everyone when they heard what Dani had said. Ridgeline Cliff was one of the most dangerous places for anyone on Griffin Rock to travel to.
"Rescue Bots, roll to the rescue!" shouted Heatwave.
Heatwave, Boulder and Chase quickly transformed into their vehicle modes. Kade and Graham climbed into their partners, while Charlie turned to look at his niece.
"Anora, you'll be riding with me," said Charlie.
Anora nodded before she grabbed her two Pokéballs and turned towards her Pokémon Team. "Rowan, Digger, return!"
Rowan and Digger were quickly called back into their Pokéballs before Mimi jumped up onto Anora's shoulders. Anora attached her Pokéballs onto her belt before jumping into the Chase's passenger's seat. Once she buckled in her seatbelt, the three doors to the garage quickly burst open, and the three rescue vehicle drove out as they headed to Ridgeline Cliff.
The storm continued to roar overhead as Dani and Cody quickly got out of Blades to check on the damage he had sustained from the lightning strike. His tail rotor was singed as smoke rose up from where it had burned.
"Don't worry," said Blades with reassurance. "I'm sure it looks worse than it feels."
Dani and Cody stepped back as Blades transformed into his bot mode. When he had fully transformed, Blades let out a small yelp of pain before he turned to look down at Dani and Cody.
"Actually, no. It hurts."
Dani and Cody shared a worried look with each other before they attention back onto Blades.
"Just take it easy, Blades," said Cody.
"Yeah, h-help will be here soon," reassured Dani.
Thunder crashes above the trio before a bolt of lightning shot down from the sky and struck a tree. The tree instantly caught on fire and began to burn. The sparks of the fire also caused the rest of the trees to burn. The fire grew as it began to surround the trio, thus trapping them near the wall of the cliff.
"We can't stay here," said Cody before he looked up at his sister. "Which way to the road?"
Dani looked around before turning her gaze up towards the tall cliff in front of them.
"Uh, maybe we should ride out the fire inside Blades," suggested Dani.
"*sigh* I can handle the heat, but you two would bake inside me like snickerdoodles," said Blades.
"So that cliff is our only way out?" asked Cody.
"We don't have the equipment to scale it," said Dani.
Cody turned his attention onto the scoop claw that was still attached to Blades. An idea quickly came to him when he saw the scoop claw.
"Sure we do," said Cody.
Cody and Dani got back inside Blades before the Helicopter-bot extended the rope that was attached to his scoop claw. He began to swing the scoop claw in circle before throwing it up towards the top of the cliff. Luckily it got caught between two large rocks, which helped brace it. Blades gave a few tugs to see if the claw was secured before he got ready climb.
"Here we go," said Blades. "Activate the winch."
Cody handed the remote control to his sister, but Dani only smile as she gently pushed the control back to her brother.
"You do it," she said.
Cody looked at her sister in surprise before smiling. He hit the bottom button to activate the winch as Blades began to climb up the cliff. As he did, the screw began to come lose on the scoop claw. luckily, the trio soon made it to the top before the screw came off. Blades teetered on the edge of the cliff for a moment, but quickly regained his balance.
"Everyone alright?" asked Blades.
"Yes," answered Dani. "Nice job, Blades."
"Yeah, but now what?" asked Cody as he pointed down below them, "Look!"
Dani gasped as they all looked down to see a large fire burning below them. The flames completely engulfed the forest below the cliff.
"Well, that's a problem," said Blades.
Dani tried radio again to call for help.
"Dad, do you read? Kade? Graham?" The only response she got was static from her radio. "That power surge must have fried it."
"I'll try flying again," said Blades.
He transformed back into his helicopter mode and activated his rotors. Unfortunately he wasn't able to gain much altitude as his tail rotor wasn't too damaged to respond.
"No, Blades. Stop! You're hurt!" exclaimed Cody.
Blades landed back down on the cliff with a groan of defeat. "I'm sorry."
"Don't be," said Dani as she and Cody took off their flight helmets. "Everything will be alright."
She then turned to look out the canopy window. "The team will find us."
The rescue team raced down the dirt trail as they headed towards Ridgeline Cliff. Anora quickly noticed the fire ahead of them, and became worried before she turned her attention onto Chase.
"Chase, do you have a visual on where Blades, Dani and Cody might be?" she asked.
Chase quickly responded by showing a holoscreen image of where Blades was located. It showed Blades perched on the cliff in his helicopter mode.
"I see them," said Charlie.
"Looks like they're safe for now," voiced Anora.
Charlie only nodded his head before activating the com-link. "Heatwave, Kade, lead the way."
Heatwave and his team came to a halt before the Fire-bot spoke to his three team members.
"You heard the chief, bots. Let's grow some legs."
The three Rescue Bots quickly transformed before Heatwave began to spray water on the fire that blocked their way. Boulder and Chase followed behind their leader as they climbed up the steep hill.
'Dani. Cody. Blades, please be okay,' thought Anora desperately.
Back up on the cliff, Dani and Cody began to sweat as the heat of the fire grew intense. Cody had taken off his jacket to relieve himself of the heat, but it wasn't doing much good as he and Dani panted inside Blades.
"Now I know how the snickerdoodles feel," said Dani between heavy pants.
"Blades, you might have to transform so we can make a run for the road." Cody said the helicopter-bot.
"I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but I can't move." Blades said sadly to his two human friends. "I must be more damaged than I thought."
A burnt branch hit the Helicopter-bot's glass canopy as the two siblings looked up to see the flames coming closer. Cody and Dani held hands as they prepared for the worse. Suddenly, a few droplets of water splashed onto the glass canopy before a larger spray of water cascaded around them as it put out the fire. Heat and smoke billowed up from the ground before Heatwave, Chase and Boulder appeared in front of the trio. Charlie's face appeared on Helicopter-bot's monitor, alongside Anora and Mimi.
"Is everyone alright?" asked Charlie.
Dani let out a relieved sigh as she and Cody let go of each other's hands.
"We are, thanks to Blades," said Dani.
"But he's injured, Dad. Bad." Cody said in a serious voice. "He can't transform."
"He won't need to," said Heatwave.
Then he, Chase and Boulder lifted Blades off the ground and began to carry their team member down the hill, and all the way back to the firehouse. Once at the firehouse, Blades was set down on the garage floor. Heatwave and his team members transformed back to their vehicle modes as they let their human partners out. Dani and Cody also exited out Blades as Anora quickly ran over to them with Mimi sitting on her right shoulder. She embraced her two cousins, who quickly embraced her back before they all pulled away from each other.
"Thank goodness you two are okay," voiced Anora.
"Same here," said Dani before she knelt down to be at Anora's height. "I was scared that I wouldn't be able to get a chance to apologize to you."
"Apologize for what?" asked Anora, though she knew what Dani was about to say.
"For...yelling at you earlier," answered Dani with a look of regret on her face. "I didn't mean to take my anger out on you, it just that..."
"Dani," interrupted Anora gently as she gave her cousin a soft smile. "That really doesn't matter right now. What matters is that you three are all home."
Dani smiled at Anora before the two cousins shared another hug with each other. Dani was thankful that she was able to live another day and promised herself to never yell at Anora again.
The next day, Cody, Anora and their three Pokémon friends were all in the bunker with Heatwave, Chase and Boulder. They were all watching the TV together as Dani was being interviewed by Huxley. Anora sat on Heatwave's right shoulder with Mimi sitting in her lap, while Rowan sat beside her. Digger was on the floor as he stood beside Cody, who sat crouched on the floor.
"Dani, how did you feel being a rescuer in need of rescue?" asked Huxley before he held the microphone towards Dani.
"I felt...lucky to be a part of such a brave family of heroes," Dani answered with a smile. "And that includes my little brother, Cody, and my little cousin, Anora."
Anora and Cody smiled as they all stared at the TV.
"Thanks, Dani," said Cody to the TV.
"And we couldn't do any of what we do without our amazing, amazing rescue vehicles," added Dani in her interview.
Boulder nudged Heatwave lightly with his elbow, while making sure that he didn't knock Anora, Mimi and Rowan off from the Fire-bot's shoulder.
"See that, Heatwave? We're officially appreciated."
"She could have mentioned us by name," said Heatwave with a grumble.
"Don't worry, Heatwave," said Anora with a smile. "Some day, when the time is right, the people of Griffin Rock will get to know you guys like we did."
Heatwave looked at Anora and only offered her a smile. Chase turned when he heard the familiar footsteps of a certain Helicopter-Bot walking towards them.
"Blades, how are you feeling?" asked Chase.
"Much better, thank you," answered Blades as he walked up to the group. "Spent an hour in the stasis pod and I'm ready for action."
"Only an hour?" asked Anora curiously.
"Then where have you been all afternoon?" asked Cody as he walked over to Blades.
"Dani and I were retrieving the scoop claw from the cliff," answered Blades.
"Oh no," groaned Anora.
Heatwave let out a sigh of exasperation, while Boulder looked at Blades nervously.
"Oh, you're still gonna use that thing?" asked Boulder.
"Only when we need it," replied Blades in reassurance. "Which hopefully won't be too often. That claw is so uncomfortable."
"And you know what else? You're waist line looks better too." Heatwave joked with a smile.
"Thank you for noticing," said Blades.
Everyone began to laugh before Cody left the bunker. Anora followed Cody after Heatwave set her and her two Pokémon friends down on the ground. The two cousins and three Pokémon were all outside as they met up with the rest of the Burns family on the basketball court. Anora's Pokémon and Sky all sat on the sidelines as they watched their two human partners play a game of basketball with their family, thus ending another exciting day on Griffin Rock.
To be continued
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