Rescue Bots in the World of Pokémon
Here's the next chapter of my crossover story. Sorry for the long wait everyone. I was having a little bit of trouble in how the chapter would progress. I hope you all love this chapter and leave a review to tell me what you think of it. Enjoy the new chapter everyone.
pokemonsora01: Who knows, Anora or one of her family members might get a shiny Pokémon. As for Anora getting into a Pokémon Battle and Heatwave being angry at her, well I have a plan for that one. You just have to keep reading to find out what it is.
Guest review: I couldn't agree more.
"Normal Talk"
'Thoughts'
"Com-link, Monitor screen"
"(Pokémon Talk)"
Chapter 16: Squirtle, the trickster Part 2
The rescue team spent the whole day trying to find the Squirtle prankster, but every time they found the Pokémon, it would slip out of their grasp and run away from them again. But not before the water Pokémon sprayed a water gun attack in Kade's face, which irritated the older Burns sibling to no end. They decided to call it a day after that as they were unable to find the Squirtle for it had disappeared after making many confusing turns, which the Burns family weren't able to keep track of after a while. The sun was slowly setting as the rescue team drove back to the Firehouse and into the garage, where Anora, Cody and Anora's Pokémon team were waiting for them. Kade was the first one to jump out of Heatwave's cab with look of frustration on his face.
"This is why I don't like Pokémon," groused Kade as he marched towards the elevator. "They're nothing, but annoying little pests that attack you for no good reason."
"Actually, Kade, it looked like that Squirtle was trying to get you riled up." Anora corrected as she and Cody watch Kade walk past them.
"In which that little guy succeeded, so no surprise there." Dani said after she, Graham and Charlie got out of their Rescue Bots.
"Whatever," grumbled Kade as he entered the elevator and let the doors close behind him.
Everyone watched as the elevator ascended up to the second floor of the Firehouse in silence for a moment before Anora spoke up again.
"I get the feeling that Kade's pride has been knocked down a few pegs."
Mimi, Rowan and Digger nodded their heads in agreement, along with the Burns family. The Rescue Bots, who had transformed back to Bot-mode, turned their gazes on Anora with confused expression upon their faces.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Blades curiously.
"She means that Kade's ego was damaged by that Squirtle today," answered Dani with a smirk.
"I would say that he pretty much deserves it," said Heatwave with a smirk. "His ego needs to be deflated or else it might make his head pop someday."
Heatwaves comment caused Anora, her three Pokémon friends and a few of the Burns family members to laugh.
"Alright team, let's get some rest," spoke Charlie as he called everyone's attention towards him. "Tomorrow we'll see if we can find that Squirtle again within the city."
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement before they separated from each other. The Burns family headed towards the stairs that led up to the kitchen, and the Rescue Bots made their way towards the lift. Heatwave was about to follow his team members when Anora suddenly stopped him.
"Um...Heatwave," said Anora as the Fire-bot turned to look down at her. "I was wondering if you and I could talk for a minute."
"What about?" asked Heatwave.
"About...what you said this morning before you guys went off to chase that Squirtle around town."
Heatwave thought for a moment before he remembered what he said to Anora back in the bunker. He let out a sigh as he frowned down at Anora in slight annoyance.
"Anora, if this is about me ordering you not take up Pokémon Battles..." Anora held her hands up to stop Heatwave from finishing his sentence.
"I just want to understand why you don't want me to do Pokémon Battles," explained Anora gently.
Heatwave blinked in surprise before relaxing as he knelt down in front of Anora. He lowered his right hand to the floor for Anora and her Pokémon team members to hop on before lifting his hand up again as he raised it to his left shoulder. Anora and her Pokémon friends settled onto Heatwave's shoulder before the Fire-bot turned and headed towards the garage door. Boulder, Blades and Chase watched as Heatwave opened the garage door and walked outside with Anora.
"He's really grown attached to Anora." Blades whispered once Heatwave was outside and out of earshot.
"I know," replied Boulder as he looked at his two team mates. "I guess she must have a really has a positive effect on Heatwave."
Chase silently nodded his head in agreement, along with Blades. The three Rescue Bots then turned towards the lift and headed down to the bunker.
Outside, Heatwave had walked towards the back of the Firehouse where the trees were able to hide him, Anora and her three Pokémon friends. He stopped and looked around for a moment to make sure that no one was watching before lifting his hand up to his shoulder, with Anora and her Pokémon friends jumped onto it again. Heatwave placed his four passengers down on the ground before he sat down cross-legged in front of them.
"Okay, now we can talk about these Pokémon Battles without anyone interrupting us," said Heatwave calmly.
Anora nodded before she sat down on the grassy ground. Mimi crawled into her human friend's lap, while Digger sat near Anora's left side and Rowan stood near her right side.
"Heatwave, why do you not want me to take up Pokémon Battles?" asked Anora gently.
Heatwave hesitated for a moment before he let out a sigh of defeat. He then began to answer Anora's question.
"The reason why I don't want you to take up Pokémon Battles is that...I don't want you to get hurt."
Anora looked up at Heatwave in surprise and confusion. "You're worried about me get hurt? Heatwave, hardly anyone gets hurt within a Pokémon Battle."
"Maybe so, but I still don't want to take the risk of seeing you or one of your Pokémon team members getting injured...or worse."
Anora stared up at Heatwave intently before she stood up with Mimi held in her arms. She walked over to Heatwave before coming to stand near his right knee. She gentle placed her left hand on the metal knees in hopes of comforting the Fire-bot.
"Heatwave...is there a reason why you're so protective of me and Cody?" asked Anora with a soft frown imprinted on her face.
Heatwave stared down at Anora for a moment. He was a little hesitant in answering her question and wasn't sure if he should reveal to her about his past just yet. After a while, he spoke in a soft voice that held a deep sadness within its tone.
"There are a lot of things about my past that I'm not quite ready to tell you yet, Anora." He then leaned forward and placed a gently a hand on Anora's shoulders. "All I can tell you is that...I don't want anything to happen to you."
Anora smiled sadly up at Heatwave as she leaned against the Fire-bot's hand, while placing her left hand on Heatwave's large thumb. There was a comfortable silence between the young human and Fire-bot for a moment before Anora spoke up.
"Heatwave...do you think we could make a compromise with each other?" asked Anora shyly.
"Compromise?" repeated Heatwave with a befuddled expression upon his face.
"It's an agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by two or more people making concession with each other," explained Anora gently.
Heatwave frowned in thought for a moment before pulling his hand back and placed it in his lap again. "Alright, let's hear it."
"Okay," said Anora before she took in a deep and began to explain her idea to him. "What if I promise to never to take up Pokémon Battles except if it's in self-defence?"
Heatwave eyes widened slightly and he was about to open his mouth to argue, but Anora stopped him once again by gently placing her hand on his knee the once again.
"Heatwave, I know that you and the other Rescue Bots will always try your best in protecting me and my relatives. But there might be times when you're not there to protect me. I might end up somewhere that you aren't able to reach me or in a space where you can't fit."
Heatwave frowned as he thought over what Anora had just said. He hated to admit it, but Anora had a point about him and the rest of team members not always being there to protect her.
He begrudgingly let out a sigh of defeat before he spoke. "Alright, you can only battle against wild Pokémon or other trainers who are threatening you, you go that?"
"Cross my heart," replied Anora as she removed her hand from Heatwave's knee and made an 'X' across her chest.
Heatwave nodded before he uncrossed his legs and stood up into a kneeling position. He then lowered his hand for Anora and her Pokémon friends climb on. Once they were all settled onto his hand, Heatwave stood up and began to walk back to the Firehouse. As he walked, Heatwave glanced down at Anora for a second and couldn't help, but smile down at the young human that he held in his large hand. He watched as Mimi climbed up onto Anora's shoulders and nuzzled against her right cheek, while Rowan and Digger laughed at the sight.
'She really is something special,' thought Heatwave as he turned his gaze up to look forward again.
The next day, the team decided to continue their search for the Squirtle. They had woke up early and set out to search down town, while Cody and Anora were up in the Command Center. Cody was in his usual seat, while Anora stood behind him with Mimi on her shoulders. Rowan and Digger were sleeping together on the floor as they weren't early rises like the Burns family members. Anora and Cody watched the monitor screens as the rescue team had split up once again to find the troublesome water type Pokémon.
"How long do you think it will take for them to find it this time?" asked Cody as he looked up at Anora with a curious expression upon his face.
"I don't really know," answered Anora with a shrug of her shoulders. "I'm guessing that it might take a while for them to find it. But I guessing that Kade will probably encounter the Squirtle again quicker than the others."
Cody looked up at his cousin in confusion: "How come?"
"Well...I have a feeling that the Squirtle might have come to like Kade as someone to pull pranks on. After all, Kade is kind of...well, you know."
Cody couldn't help but chuckle as he understood what Anora was getting at and he had to agree. Sometimes Kade can be a bit trying and that can grate on anyone's nerves. Charlie's image appeared on the monitor's center screen as he spoke to his son and niece.
"Any sign of our mischievous turtle?"
"Nothing so far dad," answered Cody as he looked at each of the monitor screens in front of him.
"Hopefully this search won't take too long," grumbled Kade as he appeared on the left monitor screen. "I've got important things that I need to do today."
Anora and Mimi gave Kade a deadpanned look at what he just said. What could be more important than looking for a Pokémon that might cause trouble for the town?
In a quietest part of town, where only a few people walked around, a Pokémon was sleeping on a small rock with a content expression upon its face. This Pokémon was a little cat called Litten, a wild Pokémon that didn't like to be around humans very much. Unlike the usual black Litten, the fur of this little cat Pokémon was pure white. It also had two red-orange stripes around each of its legs, and two horizontal stripes with a vertical strip going across them on its forehead. Its lower face was cover in red-orange fur with a large tuff of fur on each cheek. The Litten also had a fluffier tail than the original tail of a Litten and it had a thicker ruff of fur around its neck.
The Litten let a yawn as it stretched itself out upon the rock, while enjoying the warmth of the sun. The Litten slept peacefully for a moment before it was suddenly startled awake by a cold blast of water. The Litten let out a yowl of surprise before turning towards the source of the cold water and growled in anger at what it saw. Standing a few feet away from the Litten was the Squirtle that was laughing its head off, while pointing its right finger at the Fire type Pokémon.
"(What was that for?!)" hissed the Litten as it glared at the water type Pokémon in anger.
"(Hahaha...I just thought I'd cool you off since you were looking a little hot under all of that fluffy fur of yours)." Squirtled answered with a smirk on its face.
The Litten let out a growl at what the turtle had just said before standing up and shaking the water out of its fur. It then turned towards the Squirtle and shot a fire ball at it. The Squirtle let out a yelp of surprise before ducking to avoid being burned by the fireball. The fireball flew over the Squirtle's head before colliding with bush, which caused it to burst into flames. The Squirtle quickly turned around and used its water gun attack to put out the fire before it could spread. Once the fire was put out, the Squirtle turned around to glare at the Litten in anger.
"(Hey, watch what you're doing! You could have set the whole park on fire!)."
The Litten only huffed as it turned its head away from the Squirtle before it began to walk away, but not before adding in an irritated voice. "(Well that's what you get for waking up a fire type Pokémon who is trying to enjoy a quiet sunbath)."
Squirtle pouted as he glared after the cat Pokémon in anger before quietly muttering to itself. "(Fire type Pokémon. Don't know when to take a joke)."
Suddenly, Squirtle hears the familiar sound of a fire truck engine roaring behind it. The turtle Pokémon turned around and saw the very same fire truck rolling down the road with its occupant riding in its cab. A large smirk appeared on the Squirtle's face before it quickly began to chase after the fire truck at a safe distance.
Heatwave and Kade have been driving for about an hour as they searched for the Squirtle. So far they had no such luck in their search. They decided to stop for a brake as Heatwave parked near the sidewalk of the Griffin Rock Park. Kade stepped out of Heatwave's cab and let out a sigh as he stretched out his muscles, which had become stiff after riding in Heatwave's cab for such a long time. Kade sat down on a nearby park bench as he rested his arms on the top edges of the backrest.
"Man, who knew looking for that little turtle was going to be this hard." Kade muttered with a tired expression upon his face.
"Well we'd might be able to find it if we had some clue as to where it is." Heatwave said in a low voice.
"And how are we supposed to do that? That stupid little turtle could be hiding anywhere in this town!"
As soon as he said those words, Kade was met with a cold blast of water that was shot into his face. The blast of water quickly stopped, which gave Kade a change to turn his attention to where the water had come from. He saw the Squirtle standing in front of him with a smirk on its face.
"You were saying?" snide Heatwave with a chuckle.
Squirtle also let out a chuckle before it blinked and turned to look at Heatwave in surprise. The little turtle quickly pointed a finger at Heatwave with its eye widening in shock. It franticly began to wave its arm up and down as it started to jabber something in its language.
"Yeah, we get that reaction a lot." Heatwave muttered after the Squirtle had stop speaking.
The Squirtle stared at Heatwave in astonishment for it had never encountered a machine such as the Fire-bot before. Kade noticed this and smirked as he slowly stood up from the bench and began to creep up behind the water type Pokémon. Once he was close enough, Kade shot forward to grab the Squirtle, but his efforts was all for not. The Squirtle, somehow sensing what Kade was going to sneak up on it, quickly jumped up and out of Kade's grasp. Kade stumbled forward with a surprised expression upon his face before letting out a yelp when the Squirtle suddenly landed on his head. The Water Pokémon then back flipped off of Kade's head before landing behind him. Kade turned to glare at the Squirtle as the water type Pokémon stuck its tongue out at him, while pulling down the bottom of its right eyelid.
"Why you little..." started Kade before he was once again met with a short blast of a water in the face.
Heatwave chuckled at the sight of his now wet human partner. 'Looks like Anora was right. That Squirtle has grown to like Kade.'
Kade let out a growl as he glared down at the turtle Pokémon that was pointing and laughing at him. He made another attempt to grab it, but the Squirtle easily dodged out of his grasp before it turned and began to run away from him.
"Get back here!" shouted Kade as he began to chase after the turtle.
The Squirtle only responded by laughing as it continued to run away from Kade, while leading him deeper into the park. Heatwave noticed this and quickly transformed into his bot mode after checking to see that nobody else was around. He followed after Kade and the Squirtle, while getting the feeling that something bad was going to happen to his human partner along the way. Kade continued to chase after the little turtle as the water type Pokémon ran through bushes, but it would always pause to turn around and blow a raspberry at Kade, who would struggle through the bushes to continue chasing the Squirtle. Once Kade had untangled himself from the bushes, he continued his chase with the Squirtle as the little turtle would start to run away from him again. As the Squirtle led Kade through the dense foliage of the bushes and trees, it became even harder for Heatwave to follow his human partner. The Fire-bot pushed aside a large tree as he let out an angry grunt before he shouted out his partner's name.
"Kade! Come back!"
But Kade didn't listen as he was too focus on catching the Squirtle. Heatwave let out a growl before he lifted his right hand up to press a button on the side of his helm.
"This is Heatwave, I need back up!"
Anora was the first one to reply to the Fire-bot's call. "Heatwave, what's going on?"
"Kade and I found the Squirtle, but it quickly ran away with Kade chasing after it. The two of them ran into the thicker parts of the forest within the park. The forest is so dense that I'm unable to follow them."
"Hang tight Heatwave, we're on our way," spoke Chief Burns over the com-link.
Heatwave turned off his com-link before he shifted his gaze in the direction to where Kade had gone chasing after the turtle Pokémon.
'This is just great,' thought Heatwave with an angry frown. 'Why did I have to be partnered with a human who's just as hot-headed as me? I just hope he doesn't get into any trouble until backup comes.'
Back with Kade, he was still chasing the Squirtle through the thick foliage with the turtle only a few steps ahead of him. The little Pokémon continued to run for a bit with a large smile on its face, but that smile quickly faded when the turtle quickly came to a halt. The Squirtle nearly lost its balance as it teetered slightly over the edge of a large hole with a pool of muddy water inside of it. The little turtle quickly regained its balance before letting out a sigh, but its relief was short lived when it heard Kade coming towards it through the bushes.
"Now I've got ya!" shouted Kade as he lunged towards the Squirtle.
Squirtle started yelling at Kade to stop, but the hot-headed firefighter was too focused on catching it to listen. Once Kade had grabbed the Squirtle, he let out a triumphant laugh at finally catching the little turtle. But his victory became short lived as the edge he was standing on suddenly crumbled underneath his feet. Kade and the Squirtle let out a scream of terror as they fell down into the large hole together. They slid down the steep side of tunnel's wall before the two of them landed with a splash into muddy water, which was twenty feet deep. Kade was the first one to surface as he spluttered and spat out the dirty water that had entered his mouth. The Squirtle quickly surface alongside Kade as it shook its head to get the muddy water out of its eyes before it and Kade both looked upwards at how far they had dropped into the hole. They both saw that the ledge above them was thirty feet high and that there weren't any footholds or roots to grab onto.
"That's just great," grumbled Kade as he turned to glare at the water type Pokémon in anger. "Now because of you, we're stuck in this muddy water with no way to get out of here."
Squirtle retaliated by spraying a water gun attack in Kade's face. Kade let out a groan before turning to look up at the ledge of the hole again and began to shout out Heatwave's name.
"Heatwave! Get me out of here!"
But there was no response from up above and that gave Kade an uneasy feeling within his stomach as he and the Squirtle shared a worried expression with each other.
"I get the feeling that we're in big trouble," stated Kade.
Squirtle slowly nodded its head before the Pokémon and Firefighter looked back up to the ledge again and hoped that Heatwave and the other Rescue Bots will find them soon.
To be continued
Sorry for the short chapter everyone, I hope you still enjoy this chapter.
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