Chapter 2- The Research Base
Well, I made it in time and saved my pokémon from being fried to death by a supercharged thunder.
The only problem was….
'Raichuuuuuuuuu!' The rodent roared in outrage at my interference, sparks flying everywhere as it powered up its electrical powers.
In an instant, the rodent was within arms reach of me.
It was nothing but pure agony for a while after that.
When I came to, I noticed that almost every bone in my rib cage was at least cracked. 'Definitely feels like they're all busted'
'A damn Raichu hit me with a volt tackle….. How am I even alive.'
Fighting through the pain I rolled over in the bush I landed in and saw a rather cruel sight. The rodent Pokémon is on the ground with its neck bent at an angle it shouldn't be in and my Kadabra barely standing.
"Listen to me next time you prick," I said with a gurgled smirk as I let the fight leave me and I passed out in the bush I landed in. 'Fuck today….'
"Man…. I feel like I got run over by a truck" I said in pain as I slowly sat up on the bed. 'Wait…. bed. Was that all a dream?'
"Just about, a mature Raichu hitting a human full on with a volt tackle would probably amount to getting hit by a truck going 25…. No 26 miles an hour. That's not even considering the electrical outp…..."
"It was a figure of speech Minato…" I said with a long sigh as I again realized this wasn't just a long-ass dream, I was in the World of Pokémon.
"Anything interesting happen while I was out? How long was that by the way?" I asked as I began checking over my injuries. Color me shocked when I noticed my two lower ribs I was sure snapped just felt bruised. 'Maybe the electricity made it seem like it hurt more? Short-circuited my pain receptors maybe?'
"No, after our battle with the rodent, all other Pokémon have kept their distance. I'd say about 8 hours, the sun should be coming up any minute now"
"That's good….. a relief actually. Yesterday was the exact definition of a shit show" I said with a sigh as I laid back down and put my arms behind my head. Looking over I noticed my Kadabra seemed troubled. "Well besides getting my starter, guess it wasn't so bad huh" I said with a smile that seemed to perk the Pokémon up just slightly.
"So, you search the place? Find anything edible?" I asked as I began standing up.
"No…. I've been busy scanning the area ."
"Yeah that was probably the smart thing to do, how does that even work anyway?" I asked curiously.
"It's simple really. It's kind've like echolocation, I send a psychic pulse that spreads in every direction. Through that, I can pick up movement and sometimes even typings if I'm close enough, especially the elemental variants." The humanoid Pokémon replied.
"That's pretty dope, like a giant bubble. How far can you reliably sense, for future reference?"
"About a hundred and ten meters if I had to say." Minato answered.
'Hmm so basically an American football field in every direction. Not bad at all, definitely better than I expected for an ability I wasn't sure was possible.'
"Can all Physic Pokémon do that?" I asked worriedly.
"From what my grandfather told me, it's usually only pure physics or those that specialize in the more long-range style of battle. But they must be a physic, that is for sure"
'Huh, that could be troubling… eh problems for future Eli'
"Well let's explore, hopefully, there's some food around here and maybe even some loot!" I said with excitement as I opened the only door and left the 'barracks'.
With a nod from Kadabra, we began searching each room as thoroughly as we could.
Opening the door led to a rather large hallway with six doors including the one we just came out of.
The first room seemed to be used for storage since a few boxes and cardboard were lying about. However, there wasn't anything in them besides beakers and test tubes.
Deciding that everything in there was useless for now we left the room and went straight across the hall into the second room. Which turned out to be a fitness center, filled with equipment like dumbbells and weight benches.
The only odd thing was that everything looked pristine and almost untouched, well I guess this is a research facility. Weird they even had a workout room built in the first place. Even had treadmills but I doubt they work given the fact that a wild Raichu used to nest here.
'Oh….. probably should at least bury the little monster, kinda feel bad it ended up dying over territory. If only I had another ball, I would've tried catching him at least.'
"Ready to get swole Minato?" I asked jokingly, trying to not let the mood get spoiled.
"Hardly, this would be useful to you though" The Kadabra scoffed at even the thought of working on his physical side. 'Well given his abysmal stats in anything except speed and special attack it does sound pretty pointless for him to pump iron…. Though that was just a game's interpretation of this world…. Maybe it could be useful'
"Yeah, you're probably right about that… I could slim down a few pounds. Maybe get strong enough to go a few rounds with a Machoke?" I said as I did a little shadow boxing.
Minato looked at me like I grew a second head before he chuckled. With the second room thoroughly checked and no loot found we headed off into the adjacent room.
Which turned out to be an office space. We quickly scoured the room until we came upon a sectioned cubicle with a familiar name plastered on the door.
"Lead scientist: Miyamoto… Fuck, this is a team rocket facility." I said with worry as I began scanning the room for traps and cameras. Thank Arceus for the little rodents because it seemed the only cameras here had been short-circuited given the cracked lenses and wire bits sticking out of them. 'So a long abandoned possible Rocket facility'
"What are you doing? There is no danger present in this room" My Kadabra asked as he looked down at me with a raised eyebrow. I was in fact crouched down solid snake style behind a corner, trying my best to blend in with the wall.
"I just got spooked, is all…. We should be fine to use this place as a base. I doubt they'd leave their facility to get overrun with rodents if there was anything too valuable left here."
"Anything valuable? We haven't seen anything of use in this entire room besides writing utensils, paper, and fried machinery. Though this cubicle does seem to have the most promise, considering the passcode and the thickness of the door…." Minato said as he pointed towards a small panel at the side of the door.
"Hmmmm… six letters or numbers huh? Well this might be too easy, or I could be wrong and this door could trigger a massive explosion that'll wipe this facility and us off the map…" I said as my paranoia began getting the better of me. 'Fuck it' I thought as I began typing on the small keyboard the panel was connected to.
With a shaking finger, I pushed enter….. and the panel turned green as I could hear the door's mechanism slip open, the letters lightning up the dark room. 'Mewtwo'.
With a small push, the door opened to…. A plain wooden desk, a comfy-looking swiveling chair, and a small filing cabinet.
I walked around to the other side of the desk and I began scouring through the drawers. Getting kind of angry at not finding anything after all this stress I ripped the fire extinguisher off the wall and slammed into the only drawer that had a lock on it.
"You know I could've easily opened that lock with my powers right?" Minato asked as he looked down at the busted lock.
"Shush Minato you're ruining the mood," I said with a smirk as I pulled the drawer open with gusto.
"Fucking jackpot!" I said with excitement as I looked over the four sections separated in the drawer, one was filled to the brim with shrunken great balls. The next was filled with a few regular potions, antidotes and paralysis heals. The third was just a simple file labeled 'Cellular Duplication: Creating life or playing God By: Miyamoto'.
The final was an entire row of CD-looking things in a variety of colors, obviously, the pink ones stuck out the most because these were TMs, 10 of them.
"Yes! We're no longer penniless, homeless, hungr….. ok maybe not everything's covered yet but this is definitely a better start than yesterday's fiasco" I said with a smile as I began searching for something to store all of this in. Luckily there was a sliding closet I failed to notice that contained lab coats and a few duffle bags.
Totalling everything up we now had 15 great balls, 4 potions, 3 antidotes, 2 paralysis heals, and 10 TMs. Unluckily they only had numbers on them and no names. Hopefully, there is some type of index to look these up in because I damn sure don't remember what some of these were. Honestly, the only one I was pretty sure about was the red TM:35.
After storing everything in the duffel bag including the researcher notes I decided to go for a wardrobe change. I was only dressed in a T-shirt and jeans anyway.
"Well, it's better than nothing…. Getting some real steins gate vibes wearing this" I said more to myself than anything as I looked in the mirror that was conveniently fastened to the office door.
"Maybe… I could be a professor…" I thought aloud seriously. Depending on what world I'm in, my game knowledge could be worth millions. 'If anything I could use one of the unknown evolutions to jumpstart my career, a Pokémon professor specializing in evolution and the theories behind it?'
"I believe procuring a food and water source holds more pretense than your future career path sire, though the jacket does suit you well." Minato pointed out.
"Yeah yeah, you're right. Since we've finished this room and came out in the plus let's move on to the next." I said as I threw the half-filled duffel bag over my shoulder.
Luckily in the very next room, we found a kitchen, stocked full of canned goods. They even had expiration dates, though seeing as how I had no clue what today's date was we were gonna have to stick to the college special, the 'smell test'.
About 20 full packs of water bottles are stored away in the kitchen's storage.
"Have you found any poke food in any of those cupboards?" I asked my Pokémon from across the room.
"Yes luckily, though it doesn't look very appetizing," Minato said dishearteningly as he used his psychic powers to float down ten 40-ish-pound bags onto the ground.
"Well we're squatters right now, we're lucky we don't have to try eating fish Pokémon or god forbid rodents," I said with disgust as I held a can of beans to my chest protectively.
"What is god?" Minato asked curiously.
"Well, don't you have one? Arceus I mean, hell some of the legendaries can be considered deities themselves."
"Well of course I've heard the legends of Arceus, he is the creator of all things while Mew is the progenitor of all Pokémon life. They are both usually spoken of in the same breath." Minato said in reverence.
"Well we're I'm from 'the creator of all' is just named god. But don't worry I'll try to use Arceus in my phrases from now on so you won't get confused" I said with a smirk as I turned the knob on what I hoped was a gas stove. A beautiful click met my ears as the burner lit. 'Well at least on Day 2 of my impromptu Pokémon journey isn't gonna end on an empty stomach'