Part Two: Through the Forest
Zeth glanced down at the airstrip through the blimp's window. He could
barely believe he was finally on his Pokemon journey. As Valencia Island
faded in the distance, he pulled out his map and looked to see where the
nearest Pokemon gym would be when the blimp landed. The Viridian and
Cinnibar gyms would be the closest, but Zeth had heard that Viridian had one
of the toughest leaders and Cinnibar Island was known for its fire-types.
[Not a good idea with only Ivysaur and Eevee], thought Zeth. The next
nearest gyms were the Pewter City gym and the Cerulean city gym, a much
better choice with a grass-type pokemon. [Pewter it is, then.] "Let's
see," Zeth mumbled to himself, "the fastest way to Pewter is through Pallet
Town." [Hey, That's where Prof. Oak lives. Maybe I'll be able to see him
when I pass through.] Zeth had talked to the Professor a few times when Oak
had called Professor Ivy at the research center, and had even met him face
to face when Oak came to a seminar at the center. [I bet he'll be surprised
to see me,] Zeth thought.
They blimp ride was long, so Zeth contented himself by watching some
more of the Pokemon League games on the blimp's television set. The current
match was a Pikachu vs. an Ivysaur, and the Ivysaur blasted the little mouse
with a powerful solarbeam attack. Remembering his Pokemon, Zeth reached for
their pokeballs and let them out to watch the games. His Ivysaur, Florio,
and his Eevee, Eva, immediately started a conversation about which pokemon
the thought would win the next match. Of course, Florio, cheered for a
grass-type, and when it was beat by a Flareon, Eva couldn't stop laughing.
Finally, the blimp arrived at its destination. As Zeth headed for the
Pokemon center, he noticed some beat-up old blimps at one side of the field.
[Glad that I wasn't on one of those things!] He wondered if they could
even fly anymore, but if they could, they would give the passengers on
dangerous flight...
When he reached the pokemon center, he was surprised to find that its
Nurse Joy looked exactly identical to Valencia's Nurse Joy. He had heard
that they looked alike, but never expected them to look that similar. But
as tired as he was from his long flight, Zeth did not have the energy to
ponder such unusual mysteries. All he wanted at the moment was sleep, so
that he would be ready to take on any pokemon in the forest, as they
traveled through it the next day.
After a nice, long rest at the pokemon center, Zeth and company, headed
up the heavily-forested path to Pallet Town. He kept one of his pokemon out
with him to keep him company on the hike. At the moment, Eva was skipping
along beside him, when a flock of Spearow came out of nowhere and attacked
them. "What the - Ouch!" Zeth yelled. The Spearows slashed and pecked the
duo. Scooping up Eva, Zeth ran for cover. He dove under a large bush, and
Eva yipped in fear as the Spearows flapped at the bush, trying to get at
them. "Florio, go!" Zeth yelled, rolling the pokeball out from under the
bush. "Use your razor leaf attack to drive off the Spearow." Razor-sharp
leaves whipped through the air, slicing up the surprised Spearows, who flew
off, screeching. "Thanks, Florio, I don't know what we would have done
without you. The Ivysaur asked a question and Zeth pulled out his pokedex
to translate.
{What DID you do to make those Spearow so mad??}
{Nothing} Eva growled, licking her wounds, {they attacked us without
warning}
Suddenly, a screech sounded just behind them. "What was that!?" Zeth
asked, looking back at the bush they had hid under. Pinned to the bush by
four of Florio's leaves, the angry Spearow was struggling madly to escape.
"Hey, it's one of those Spearow. Eva weaken it with quick attack; after
that, Florio, use your vine whip to restrain it so I can catch it.
Normally, the pokemon would have felt that fighting with two pokemon against
one was unsportsmanlike but the Spearows had already done a group attack on
a single pokemon, so they had no problem following Zeth's command.
Eva pounded the trapped Spearow with her quick attack, and bit it even
though she had not been told to. Florio restrained it with his vine whip,
then gave it a light smack against the ground to be on the safe side. The
Spearow didn't really need it though, it had already fainted from Eva's
attack. Zeth finished up the battle with a pokeball, and the unconscious
Spearow was swept up into it without any resistance.
"Yes! We caught our first pokemon!" Zeth paused, "But we'd better get
it to a pokemon center, 'cause we hit it pretty hard."
{I agree} said Eva - Zeth had forgotten to turn off the pokedex during
the battle - {I suggest we get out of this forest before we run into any
more Spearow.}
"That is definitely a good idea. Let's go." The three started back
down the path, on guard in case the Spearow should make a second attack....
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