Chapter 5-Rescues in Tiny Woods and Thunderwave Cave

You would not believe this!

As I was going to Tiny Woods, I decided to try to see if I still had my speed, and I do! This makes travelling is so much easier now!

Also I decided to see the stuff that Charizard put in my Toolbox and noticed a small package inside. I opened it and saw a small pink badge with wings and a note that said:

Dear Sonic,

Here is a Rescue Team badge. Show this to the Pokémon that you are rescuing to warp it and you out of the dungeons and back to the Pelipper Post Office. Also, as you complete jobs, you get points to increase the rank of your team. The ranks for this area go as follows:

Normal
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Platinum
Diamond
Lucario

The Lucario Rank is the highest rank. The rank of my team is currently Diamond so we are close. As you might guess, you are having your own team and I'll be watching your progress since you are still new to being a Pokémon.

Good luck!

Alakazam

My own team?! I don't believe this! I am so thanking Team ACT when I get back!

Soon I found myself at my destination and it is…small. I guess this is the best dungeon for new teams and rescuers, like me, to start since it only has 3 basement floors and weak Pokémon. I took out the letter from Beedrill and saw that Weedle was on the B3F and I set out.

While I was searching for the stairs, a pink and white caterpillar-like Pokémon came out and attacked me from behind! I soon felt something inside of me telling me that it was a Wurmple. It also told me to attack it with a Quick Attack, so I did and beaten it! I also felt stronger, but I didn't gain a level. I was confused until I remember Alakazam's words:

"Don't worry! Your other techniques as a Pokémon will come instinctively."

Thanking him secretly, I soon continued through the woods and I soon realized I had another 2 techniques, Foresight, which is mostly used to identify Ghost-type Pokémon and lower my opponent's evasiveness, and Endure, which lets me hold on longer in battle after the final attack. I figured I wouldn't need those techniques too often and I discovered more Pokémon, like Pidgy, which look like small brown and white birds, Sunkern, which look like yellow seeds that just sprouted, and, on my destination floor, Exeggcute, which basically look like a small bunch of pink eggs.

After battling a lot of Pokémon, levelling up, learning new techniques, and finding items and Poké, I soon found Weedle. The poor little guy was curled up in a corner and trembling like a leaf!

"Hey are you O.K?" I asked him and he soon looked up.

"Y-yes I think so," he said, then calmed down when he saw my badge and I used it to get us out of there!

At the Pelipper Post Office, Beedrill was so overjoyed to see his child unharmed! He soon gave me the 100 Poké and an Orange Gummi and they both went home. I soon went back to the base, tired but triumphant, to see Alakazam and his team there waiting for me.

"How did it go?" he asked and I gave a good smirk.

"Great! My instincts kicked in and I knew what to do as a Pokémon! I also found something else out."

Charizard looked real curious. "Really? What is it?"

"I still have the speed I use as a hedgehog!" I finally said with a proud smile.

Tyranitar gave a thumbs-up at me. "That's awesome! That will come in handy in your other rescue jobs!"

"I agree," Alakazam said, then added, "Also there aren't only jobs that involve rescuing other Pokémon. Sometimes you'll have to escort your clients and other times you will have to deliver or find items. You can also take up more than one job for the same dungeon in order to get more rank points and rewards."

I soon gave a yawn. "That's cool and everything but right now, I want to sleep."

Alakazam smiled in understanding. "You do that. You just had a tiring day."

"One more thing though. What's so special about the Gummis? I got one along with the money I earned from Beedrill."

"Gummis boost up IQ Points to learn skills for you to follow if you have a certain amount," Charizard soon explained. "Also certain types like certain Gummis the best. For example, I'm a Fire and Flying type so my favourite coloured Gummis are Red and Sky Gummis while you're a Fighting type so Orange Gummis, like the one you were awarded with from today's job, work strongest but you can have other colours as well."

"I see," I replied with another yawn, "Thanks. I'll see you guys in the morning."

As I went to bed, I dreamt about my friends and how they are getting along with Lucario so well! I also seen Silver and Blaze too! I haven't seen those two for so long! I soon saw Eggman arriving to pull something but Lucario sent him packing as soon as Tyranitar poked me awake again. This time, I managed to do something close to a Spin Dash, even though it wasn't as strong as it was before on account of a lack of quills.

"'EY! What was that for?!" he shouted at me as I unrolled myself and glared back.

"For poking me awake! You could always just shake me gently!"

He raised a fist to start a fight, but then I soon saw him glow with a yellow light and freeze in position. That's when Alakazam came in with one of his spoons glowing.

"What's going on here?" he asked sternly and Tyranitar went and said, "I was waking him up and he attacked me!"

"I was being poked awake and I am not a nice guy to be poked first thing in the morning!" I shot back and he gave us this look that caused us both to quiet down.

"Well it's nothing to fight over. Just behave you two, alright?"

"Yes sir," we said in defeat before he released Tyranitar.

"Now then Sonic," he said calmly now that fiasco was over, "you have a new client. I asked her about the job and it sounds like something for your skill level."

I perked up at this. "Alright! Where is she? I'm willing to take the job!"

I soon saw a small yellow and black Pokémon come in behind him. She looked like some sort of mouse with pink cheeks and she looked real worried and scared because her arrow-shaped ears were drooping and she was shaking. My instincts kicked in again to tell me that she was a Pichu and I felt sorry for her and started to talk gently so I don't scare her more.

"Hey there. What's the problem?"

She soon calmed down a bit but still looked really scared about something. "W-well…my momma Raichu and I was walking in Thunderwave Cave when all of the Pokémon there attacking! They were too much for her and I decided to come here to get help. Weedle told me about you and…well…could you help save my momma?"

I can now see why she was upset! I gave her a small hug of comfort as I replied, "Of course. I'll be able to save your mom. Don't worry; she'll be safe and sound when I'm done."

Pichu's ears shot up in relief as she jumped for joy. "Thank-you! I'll wait patiently at the post office for you to come back with her! Thank-you again!"

I actually felt a bit of pride grow inside of me as we watched her run out and it charged me up for my job! I looked over at Alakazam's map and I saw that my destination was only a short distance north from here so I grabbed a quick breakfast before getting some supplies at Pokémon Square.

Before I set off for the cave though, Alakazam ran over.

"I almost forgot something; when you return, we'll have a surprise for you."

I was really surprised! "Really?! Thanks!"

"You're welcome and good luck!" he said with a chuckle before rounding up his team for a high-ranked mission.

I ran as fast as my feet could take me and I soon made it to Thunderwave Cave. It was slightly bigger than Tiny Woods and there were different Pokémon. The first few floors had these black and gray dog-like Pokémon, called Poochyena, that seem to run if they take too much damage as well as these purple and white rat-like Pokémon called Rattata. I found these rocks, called Gravelerocks, which I threw to handle those runners.

I admit I did run into a snag once with these purplish-blue, spiky, mouse-like Pokémon, called female Nidoran, that seem to have this ability that every time I hit them with a Quick Attack, I felt sick with poison. Luckily I had Pecha Berries with me so I was O.K and I admit something, they were nice and sweet!

As I continued, I saw Electric-type Pokémon! There were Voltorb, which looks like balls with red on top and white on bottom, Elekid, which looks like walking yellow plugs with black stripes, and these two light yellow mouse-like Pokémon called Plusle and Minun. They looked alike except one had red markings and a plus-like tail, and the other had blue markings with a minus-like tail.

I soon found who I was looking for! Raichu looked like a large, orange, mouse-like Pokémon with yellow cheeks, a long, black tail with a yellow lighting bolt on it, brown paws and feet, a white tummy, and large brown and yellow ears. She also looked a bit hurt because she was holding her left foot.

"Are you alright?" I asked her in concern.

"Oh yes," she replied with a smile that seemed to reassure me. "I just have a small sprain, that's all. Are you here to rescue me?"

"Yeah! Your Pichu asked me to help! She looked really worried about you!"

I took out my badge and we warped out to the post office where Pichu was waiting. She was so happy that her mom was alright that she almost jumped in Raichu's paws, until she noticed the sprain. "Are you hurt, momma?"

"Don't worry dear; it's just a small sprain. I'll be fine once I rest and see the doctor."

"Oh, O.K!" she said in relief before turning to me. "Thank you for rescuing her, Sonic! Ah! But I don't have any money!"

I gave a laugh at that. "That's O.K! A rescue like that is on me! Seeing your mom back with you is the best reward!"

They soon went to their home and I went back to Alakazam's base, feeling so much joy out of that mission. I soon heard Charizard's voice call out to me and I followed it to find him, Alakazam, and Tyranitar near a small, vacant hut.

"Here's your surprise!" Charizard said when he saw my look of surprise. "This will be your very own base! I know it's not as fancy as ours but we'll help with that when we have more free time from our rescues."

I felt touched by it all. "Whoa! Thanks so much! I like it!"

They all smiled at my gratitude and let me settle in, and let me tell you I really enjoy having a base. It gave me this sense of security somehow.

Later that night, I had a real bad dream! I was seeing military soldiers, helicopters, and…Lucario in trouble!

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Author's Notes:

I'm sad to admit I should've posted this MONTHS ago but forgot...SORRY!

Not much is all that different between this version of chapter 5 and my old one except some grammar checking and style change.

Also I got a random hypothetical question: If SMD-RV would be an anime, what would be the opening and closing themes?

No I'm not planning on asking a random animator to do it up, it's just one of those curiosity questions...

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