Chapter 29
bill's lighthouse (part 1)
a few hours later, after the bikini contest,
Lincoln and company were relaxing at the beach with their Pokémon, while Lincoln was looking at his rainbow wing.
"Man, that contest was amazing," brock said.
"Did those girls look better than me and jenny brock especially that blue hair girl in the yellow swimsuit," joy asked.
"of course not, you and jenny are always number one," brock replied, as jenny noticed Lincoln looking at something.
"what's up link?" jenny asked.
"Just looking at my rainbow wing," Lincoln replied.
"Wait, that's a rainbow wing?!" joy asked.
"Yup, I got from ho-oh, when I started on my journey," Lincoln replied.
"We were both surprised by it ourselves," brock said.
"Well, it must mean something," joy said.
"By the way link, misty and brock told us about your family situation, but what are they like," jenny asked, as Lincoln looked at brock and misty looking nervous.
"it's ok guys, I'm not mad, as you must know, I'm from royal woods, Michigan, in the U.S. I live with my mom, my dad, and ten sisters, five older ones, and five younger ones," Lincoln replied.
"Ten sisters?!" jenny exclaimed. bruteroot, firestorm, shell shocker, and goomy were just as surprised.
"Yeah, and each of them have their own unique personalities, for better or worse," Lincoln said with a slight tone of bitterness. making the two concerned.
"You mean how they treat you, and take advantage of you," joy asked, with Lincoln only nodding at her.
"If they were here, I would put them in jail for life," jenny said cracking her knuckles.
"it's ok guys, I'm giving them a chance to redeem themselves, so far my parents and my four sisters already made amends with me," Lincoln said, as he noticed firestorm's behavior. he seems to be biting something.
"What are you doing firestorm?" Lincoln asked.
"I'm...trying...to learn...a new...move," firestorm replied in between air bites.
"a new move? what could it be?" Lincoln questioned, pulling out his pokedex.
"Information: firestorm is attempting to learn the move 'fire fang'," dexter explained.
"Fire fang? that sounds awesome! what does it do exactly?" Lincoln asked.
"Info: fire fang: a physical fire type move in which the user bites down on the opponent with flame covered fangs. this move can also cause the opponent to flinch or leave them with burn status," dexter explained.
"That could come in handy. wish I knew how I could help him master it," Lincoln commented.
"Alright then," firestorm replied, as he began to inhale a lot of air.
"Now, by the sounds of it, you should try to ignite your fangs," Lincoln theorized. firestorm then focused on his fangs. the others saw some sparks, but to no avail. firestorm fell on his backside, spent from trying to learn a new move," well, maybe bill can give us some pointers. we should get up to the lighthouse soon," Lincoln said, noticing that it was getting late.
"Yeah, you're probably right. I'm beat from all the training we did," firestorm replied.
"Alright. let's head on up to the lighthouse," Lincoln said, as he and his friends recalling their Pokémon, while Pikachu stayed out of his.
"you're recalling Pikachu?" joy asked.
"Nah, he hates going inside his ball, and I won't force him in unless it's a last resort," Lincoln replied.
"it's way too cramped in there, but I respect links last resort idea," Pikachu said.
"I see. well, in any case, lets head to bill," jenny said.
'I should also ask bill about the visions I've been seeing every time i see certain pokemon,' lincoln thought
later at the lighthouse,
the group had just arrived at bill's lighthouse, and they stood before a set of two, imposing doors, each one with an engraving of a different Pokémon," are those Pokémon on the door?" Lincoln questioned.
"Yes, indeed. those four bird Pokémon are moltres, zapdos, articuno, and rocutaro, the legendary Pokémon that control the powers of fire, lighting, ice, and rock respectively," joy replied. pointing to the four engravings of bird Pokémon.
Lincoln looks at the engravings of the birds remembering the two dreams the first one seeing the four covered in their elements, the second one showing a mysterious voice telling of a prophecy.
"And that one there is arcanie, the evolved form of growlithe," jenny said, pointing to a picture of a dog like Pokémon that looked like a larger growlithe.
"Awesome," Lincoln commented, as the image of arcanie was turned into its hisuian form, making Lincoln snap out of it, until he saw two more tiles," what about those ones?" he asked, pointing at the tiles, which showed some sort of pink cat like Pokémon, with a long tail, and tiny arms, while the other one looked human size with a long purple tail, what looks like a cord on the back of its head to its neck, and round like balls on its fingers.
hmm, sorry Lincoln, but I don't recognize those Pokémon," joy replied.
"Me either," jenny added.
"They could be some kind undiscovered Pokémon that hasn't been officially documented yet," brock added.
"Huh. well, hopefully we can meet them someday," Lincoln replied.
"Maybe. but for now, let's go ahead and meet bill," misty suggested. Lincoln then rang the doorbell.
"Hello? who's there?" bill's voice said over the doorbell intercom.
"Hi bill, it's us, Lincoln, brock and misty. we came over for a visit. and we have some guest with us as well," Lincoln replied.
"How splendid! I'd be delighted to have you as guests. err, by the way, can brock make anything that doesn't include tofu? I've been stuck eating nothing but tofu since my cook went on holiday, and I'm getting pretty sick of it," bill asked.
"Sure, I can make plenty of stuff that isn't tofu. how does a nice beef stew sound?" brock suggested.
"Simply wonderful! tofu is one of the few dishes that I know how to prepare properly myself. just give me a moment and I'll let you in," bill said over the intercom. in a moment, the doors began to open, revealing the dark interior. the group then proceeded into the lighthouse.
meanwhile, near the lighthouse,
"grrraaaAAAAH! I'M SO BORED!" the lead grunt complained, as she was using one hand to the binoculars, while the other one was holding up her head. it was when she turned to the lighthouse that she noticed Lincoln and company entering," who lives in that lighthouse?"
another grunt typed something in on a tablet device," according to this, that lighthouse belongs to bill."
"Bill? the Pokémon maniac?" the lead grunt asked.
"According to this, it's the very same person. why do you ask?"
"Well, an important researcher like him has to have loads of rare Pokémon for us to sell on the black market," the lead grunt said with malicious intent.
"I get it! and while we're at it, we can get payback on those brats, right?" the grunt asked.
"Precisely. once we finish with recon, lets head up there and attack," the lead grunt replied.
"Speaking of which, when is our recon duty done?"
"Tomorrow morning. that'd be the best time to catch them off guard," the lead grunt replied, as they resumed their duties.
meanwhile, back in the lighthouse,
the group looked around aimlessly in the dark interior of the lighthouse," man, I can't even see my own hand in front of my own face," Lincoln commented.
"None of us can," misty said.
"let's find the light switch," joy said.
as they look around Lincoln felt something," guys I think I found the switch," he said, until the lights came revealing his hands on jenny's chest.
"AAAAAAH, jenny I'm sorry, it was an accident don't arrest me," Lincoln pleaded as he blushed.
"Relax its ok link, I know it was an accident," jenny said blushing a bit," so who found the lights?"
"I did," joy said standing next to the light switch.
"Uh, guys?" misty said, sounding uneasy. everyone turned to him, and immediately their attention was drawn to the end of the room. there, in front of what they could describe as a throne, was a small, t-rex like Pokémon.
"It...it can't be! that's a tyrunt! what's an extinct Pokémon from the kalos region doing here?!" brock questioned.
"Extinct Pokémon? well, I can't pass this up ready Pikachu?" Lincoln asked.
"You bet!" Pikachu replied.
"No, no, wait! I'm not a tyrunt!" everyone was very shocked to hear bill's voice coming from tyrunt.
"Wait, bill?!" misty exclaimed.
"Yes, that's right. and your timing couldn't be better. I'm kind of stuck inside this tyrunt costume. could someone help me out?" Lincoln went up to assist.
"Ok, so, how do take it off?" he asked.
"There should be a button underneath the jaw. these arms are to short for me to reach properly. pressing it will release the costume," bill explained. Lincoln looked underneath the jaw, and found the button.
"Found it!" Lincoln said, as he pressed it. a blue began to shine from the costume, as Lincoln went back to the group. a few seconds passed, and the stubby arms of the costume fell off, revealing human arms and hands. the tail fell off next, followed by the jaws, and eventually bill was able to emerge from the costume.
"Thank you for getting me out of there. I've been stuck inside that costume for hours," bill said.
"No problem," Lincoln proclaimed.
"So, what's with the costume? did you come back from a party or something," he asked.
"Oh no, this costume isn't for a party. I was using it as part of my research," bill replied.
"I think I see what you're doing, the whole 'walking in someone else's shoes'," brock commented.
"Precisely," bill replied, looking up at some of the tiles on his wall, causing the group to look at them all," see, there are many species of Pokémon that have been extinct for millions of years, so no one knows exactly how they behaved when they were still alive. my theory is that by dressing up as one of these Pokémon would help me to understand them better."
"Dressing up as a Pokémon to understand them? methinks this guy has gotten a little..." Pikachu then made a crazy gesture," since we last saw him."
rather than acknowledge the electric-type, Lincoln focused on the tiles bill was looking at. he recognized some from the pewter city's museum, like kabuto, omanyte, and areodactyl, but the others he didn't recognize. these tiles included what looked like another t-rex like Pokémon with a spear head, a dodo like Pokémon, and a sauropod Pokémon with a sail like fins on its back, along with them were a jiggilypuff like Pokémon with long hair, a donphan like Pokémon but with big tusk, a magniton like Pokémon with spikes, a salamence like Pokémon but with big wings, a muchroom like Pokémon with a spike on its head shape like a pokeball, a ghost like Pokémon with a little spike on its head, a bug like Pokémon with its wings sticking up, a blue velociraptor like Pokémon with a purple mane, a grandpa version of stantler, a synther looking Pokémon but with rock blades, a purple pufferfish Pokémon with long spikes, a Pokémon with purple flames coming out its neck, an owl like Pokémon with a samurai hat, and a dark blue water type Pokémon with samurai blades, a sabretooth lemur like Pokémon with swords for teeth, a dear like Pokémon with a bowl on its head, a snail like Pokémon covered in leaves, and a little fish like Pokémon," so, by hearing those costumes, you can understand what Pokémon behaved like in the past?"
"Yes, or rather, that's the very nature of my experiment," bill replied, picking up the pieces of his tyrunt costume. after putting the costume away, he turned back to his guest," as you all probably know by now, our world was created more than 4.6 million years ago. during that time, all manner of wildlife, both Pokémon and regular animals, have had their own unique way of living.
"So, how many species of Pokémon are in the world?" jenny asked.
"Well, from one of my latest study trips abroad, I've come to the conclusion that there exist at least 900 species of Pokémon currently recorded, including extinct evolutions," bill replied.
900?!" that group exclaimed.
"Quite right," bill replied.
"900 Pokémon," Lincoln was still trying to take in all that info, but was ultimately overwhelmed, as he fell to the floor, unconscious.
"Oh dear. seems such a revelation proved too much for him," bill commented, as the group tend to him.
"Well, at least he got good friends," Pikachu said smiling. moments Lincoln came to, and found himself resting on a couch.
"How are feeling link?" jenny asked while giving him a glass of water.
"a little better, but that revelation kind of overwhelmed me, you know?" Lincoln replied.
"As I said, 900 different species is just a placeholder number. there could be hundreds, maybe even more that we've never seen before," bill explained.
"Boy, Lisa's going to have even more kittens when she learns about this. and as for Lana, she might faint from this," Lincoln commented. bill could only chuckle.
"Well in any case, Pokémon trainers, such as yourselves, all have an extraordinarily difficult, but rewarding task of discovering and catching Pokémon. truly a challenging undertaking," bill replied.
"Well so far, I've only caught 27 Pokémon, with the new member krabby, and with the previous and evolved forms," Lincoln commented.
"that's actually a pretty decent start, Lincoln," brock stated.
"he's right. you've been traveling for about a week, and caught 27 Pokémon. it's not uncommon for the most trainers to catch only about 20 or 30 Pokémon. only a smally handful are ever able to make it up into the hundreds, and even that its only because they catch duplicates," misty added," misty added.
"Well, when you put it that way, I guess the process I've made so far is something to be proud of," Lincoln replied.
"Quite right. and the continuing search for new Pokémon species is a never-ending task that every trainer strives to accomplish. there's always something new for us to discover, whether its in our lives or in ourselves," bill explained.
"Something new to discover?" Lincoln parroted.
"Indeed. you see, every living creature in the world, both big and small, has some kind of purpose in their lives. discovering that purpose is something we all do at some point in our lives," bill clarified.
'a purpose in all our lives,' Lincoln thought to himself, as he glanced back at the tiles until his stomach grumbled.
Lincoln blushed a bit.
"I suppose it's time for dinner," bill commented.
"Then I'll go and get started on that beef stew," brock commented.
" Great! the kitchen is down the hall to the left," brock replied.
"Thanks," brock said as he goes to the kitchen.
That's chapter 29 part 1, next chapter will be part 2.
just to let you all know I was inspired from a what if story if the legendary trio had a fourth member.
here's a new challenge can you guess the Pokémon on the tiles, test your Pokémonknowledge.
just to let you all know my poll with last until after bill's light house, so feel free to vote on my Bulbasaur and Squirtle evolve vote, if you can't find it it'll be in my profile, just click on it and you'll see it on the top.
Lincoln's team
Pikachu (male)
moves: thunderbolt, iron tail, quick attack, electroball.
Fearow (female) oaks lab
moves: drill peck, wing attack, gust, brave bird.
poliwhirl (male) at loud house
moves: hypnosis, water sport, and water gun.
pidgeotto (female) oak's lab
Moves: gust, whirlwind, sand attack, tackle, brave bird, steel wing, and quick attack.
butterfree (male) at loud house
moves: sleep powder, stun spore, confusion, quick attack, and psybeam.
beedrill (shiny) (male) at loud house
poison sting, string shot, bug bite, harden, pin missile, poison jab, and whirlwind.
riolu (male)
moves: quick attack, endure, counter, metal claw, and egg move vacuum wave
Kirila (male) at oaks lab
moves: confusion, double team, thunder punch, disarming voice, teleport, and egg move misty terrain.
Flapple (male) oaks lab
moves: dragon rage, grassnot, razor leaf, and whirlwind.
Appletun (female) oaks lab
moves: dragon rage, grassnot, razor leaf, and energyball.
zubat (male) at the louds
moves: absorb, supersonic, bite, wing attack, astonish, and giga drain.
paras (male) at the louds
moves: scratch, stun spore, poison powder, absorb, and fell stinger.
sandshrew (female) (Andrea) at oaks lab.
moves: poison sting, defence curl, rapid spin, fury cutter, magnitude, and metal claw
clefable (male) oaks lab
moves: metronome, minimize, double slap, disarming voice, sing, and wake up slap.
steenee (female) oak's lab
moves: sweet scent, razor leaf, rapid spin, splash, play nice, and grass whistle.
rockruff (male) at the louds
moves: rock throw, crunch, sand attack, roar, dig, stone edge, and counter.
goomy (female)
moves: tackle, bubble, bubble beam, absorb, bide, protect, dragon breath, and poison tail.
Bulbasaur (male) (bruteroot)
moves: vine whip, tackle, sleep powder leech seed, and razor leaf.
Charmander (male) (firestorm)
moves: flamethrower, cratch, sand attack metal claw, and ember.
Squirtle (male) (shell shocker)
moves: tackle, bite, withdraw, water gun, rapid spin and aqua jet.
krabby (male) at oak's lab
moves: water gun, harden, leer, metal claw, mud shot, protect, and the egg move ancient power.