It has been almost a week since the fake Pokémon Tournament. We were looking for a town with ports to Cinnabar. The past 3 cities we visited had ships, but none went to Cinnabar. We finally came upon a new city, but the same results. All ships were willing to go anywhere but Cinnabar Island.
"Why won't anyone go to Cinnabar?" Josh asked.
"Probably a conspiracy against me set up by Randy!" I replied.
We then looked at the TVs in an electronic shop.
"We have late breaking news to report. It seems the isolation set up at Cinnabar is growing stronger. Police wouldn't comment, but several Cinnabar residents have fled for unknown reasons. We will continue to report on this story when new information arrives," the news caster reported.
"Wow. That sure is weird" commented Zach.
After getting supplies, we walked along the docks, trying to figure out what to do. A man approached us without warning.
"Howdy. I hear you're trying to get to Cinnabar Island" the man told us.
"Uh yeah. How'd you know?" I asked him.
"I just know. I have a way you can get there!" the man said.
All our faces lit up.
"You mean you have a boat that can take us there?"
"What? They won't allow boats in Cinnabar" the man told us.
"Then how can you get us there?" Josh asked.
The man took out a PokéBall, enlarged it, and threw it out to sea. Out of the PokéBall came a big, blue lizard-type creature. I told Dexter to analyze.
"Lapras, an Ice Pokémon. This Pokémon is often used to ferry people across the water, as it has a gentle demanor."
Zach just stared at the awesome Lapras. The man, who said he was Captain Cryard, calmed down Lapras and let us get on the big Pokémon. Zach looked like he was going to burst.
"It must have taken years to train this Lapras!" Zach said.
"Not that long. Lapras and I became fast friends" the Captain told us.
With that we were on our way. We would travel to a city called Gardner, which was near where the supposed "Mysterious Garden" was supposed to be. We stopped there to eat and for Lapras to rest. We had been on the ocean for quite some time. When we were heading back to Lapras, we didn't notice a TV that had a hunter on it saying that he would hunt down the most rarest of Pokémon. Lapras set out, while Zach was gently stroking Lapras's skin. I was almost asleep, while Josh was playing a Gameboy game. Zubat was laying next to me, ready to fall asleep in the cool breeze, when we heard a gun being fired. Next thing we knew, a bullet whizzed past my head. It barely missed Lapras. We looked into the ocean behind Lapras and saw a boat heading straight for us. Josh pulled a pair of binoculars and looked through them.
"Hey! I know him! He's that hunter. The one who kills rare Pokémon!" Josh called out.
"Isn't his name Benz "The Invincible" Hogarn?" Zach asked.
Hogarn fired another bullet, and again missed Lapras by an inch.
"He's trying to hunt Lapras!" I called out.
"Not while I'm here!" Zach said.
He took out a PokéBall and threw it.
"Scyther, I choose you!" Zach yelled.
The bug Pokémon popped out and flew towards Horgarn's ship. Josh and I decided to enter the fray, as Josh sent Poliwhirl while I called Zubat. Hogarn saw Scyther & Zubat, but not Poliwhirl. He ditched his gun for a mounted cannon on the tip of the boat, and fired a large, steel ball. The ball flew in between Scyther & Zubat and electricity shot out of the ball. Both the Pokémon were shocked, but still alive. Poliwhirl dived down and used his Doubleslap and Bubblebeam to break through the hull of the ship. Hogarn was about ready to fire his cannon again, when the boat rocked. Scyther slashed the cannon in half, and Zubat went after Hogarn. He slapped Zubat out of the way, got his rifle, aimed carefully at us, and fired. This time, though, he didn't miss, as the bullet went straight into Lapras' shell. We all gasped. Mad, Zubat knocked Hogarn down and Scyther tore his ship into pieces. With Benz out of the way for now, we concentrated on Lapras. We weren't that far from Gardner, but Lapras couldn't make it back on its own. We decided to carry it to Garnder. Poliwhirl, Pidgeot, Butterfree, Scyther, and Zubat carried Lapras to Garnder, where the Captain put Lapras in a Poké Ball for easy transportation. Before he knew what was happening, Zach grabbed me and the PokéBall and zoomed off at light speed to the PokéCenter. I was about 3 feet off the ground.
"Hey! Slow down will ya?" I pleaded.
Zach didn't slow down. In fact, he went faster. He came upon the Pokémon Center and slid inside the doors. Zach came to a stop at the front desk. I, on the other hand, wasn't so lucky. I didn't stop, however, and got introduced to the front desk personally.
Zach quickly explained the situation, and gave Nurse Joy the PokéBall. Joy said that she would have to do surgery on Lapras and Zach offered to help. While they were inside the ER, I was left to tend to my aching skull. CC and Josh came in then.
"Where's Zach?" Josh asked.
"He's in the ER with Joy" I told him, still rubbing my head.
"What's wrong with you?" He asked me.
"Oh nothing. Just have a minor migraine" I said sarcastically.
"Oh. OK then" Josh said as he sat down and waited. CC did the same.
I was left to cure my throbbing pain. I finally managed to get some Tylenol and wrapped my head in a bandage. Zach and Joy were in the ER for over an hour. Josh began to nod off a bit. Three hours later, my head still hurt, Josh was asleep, and so was CC. Joy and Zach were still tending to Lapras. Finally, they both came out. Zach told us Lapras would survive. Luckily, the bullet was stopped short by Lapras's thick shell. Now it needed to relax. We took Lapras to the lake and sat it on the water. Zach was petting Lapras and massaging it. CC was watching Zach. I was lying on the ground, my head feeling better, and Josh was feeding his Pokemon. Zubat grabbed some treats and started chowing down. I saw Zubat chowing down.
"Zubat! Stop that! If you eat too much, you're gonna look like a Snorlax!" I said, grabbing the munchies from Zubat.
Zubat made a picture in it's mind about it being a Snorlax, and instantly pushed the food away. I went over to Zach.
"Wow Zach, you sure are making that Lapras feel good. I didn't know you cared so much for it." I said.
"Well, when I was little, Dad took me down to the docks, where I first saw a Lapras. It was so beautiful and gentle. We played for awhile, and then Dad took me home. Ever since that day I've always wanted a Lapras. That's one of the main reasons I went on my journey, to capture a Lapras. Now I get to be with a Lapras again." Zach told us.
Lapras and CC heard this too. Lapras lifted it's head up, and gave a solid lick to Zach before lying down again. Zach laughed, and continued massaging. Lapras looked very relaxed when the wind started to pick up. All of the sudden, it felt like a hurricane! We looked up and saw a helicopter hovering over us. Out of the window, we saw a fearful sight. A rifle pointed straight at us! The shooter fired but missed Lapras by an inch. We were able to see who was in the helicopter. It was Hogarn! He's back! He was ready to fire again, but Zubat flew in and messed with Hogarn and the helicopter pilot. Hogarn swatted Zubat out, which got me mad. Josh, Zach and I decided it was time for action.
"OK, let's get 'em Pidgeot!" Josh called out.
"Graveler, I choose you!" I yelled.
"OK Pinsir, attack!" Zach shouted.
The three Pokémon attacked the chopper. Pidgeot tried using Whirlwind, but was quickly sent back by the chopper's electric shock system. Pidgeot was still able to fly though. Pinsir nor Graveler were able to jump high enough to reach the helicopter, so they used Pidgeot as a lift. Graveler jumped off Pidgeot and grabbed ahold of the chopper's front side and started crushing it, thus disabling most of the controls. Pinsir went to the back of the chopper and using it's claws, ripped the rudder off the Chopper, sending it flying.
Hogarn ejected and landed near the battlefield. He grabbed a backpack from the eject seat and put it on. Attached to it were two cannons. Graveler, Pinsir and Pidgeot attacked, but Hogarn was ready. One cannon shot out a water pump which drowned Graveler. Pinsir and Pidgeot were taken out by electric shocks from the other cannon. We called out Pokémon back and sent out more, Raichu, Raticate, Nidorino, Sandshrew, Scyther and Golem. Hogarns water cannon washed away Sandshrew and Golem, and electricuted Raticate and Scyther. Since the eletric attacks wouldn't do much good against Raichu and Nidorino, Hogarn sprang out two more cannons from the backpack and shout out lasers, which hit Raichu and Nidorino. Hogarn charged the lasers to full power and shot, but Raichu countered with Thundershock and Nidorino Acid. The lasers eventually won and made Raichu and Nidorino faint. I then called for Zubat and Flareon, Josh sent out Butterfree and Poliwhirl, and Zach sent out Rhyhorn. Because of his large size, Rhyhorn wasn't able to dodge Hogarn's water cannons. Flareon burned away the water canon, but was taken aback by the laser cannons. Butterfree tried Sleep Powder, but was neuralized by Hogarn's electric gun. Poliwhirl suffered the same fate. I told Zubat to destroy the gun, but Zubat got shocked. Flareon lept in, but was hit by a fully-charged laser cannon. I ran to help my injured Pokémon, and Hogarn aimed his electric gun straight at me. I gulped.
"NOOOO!" Zach shouted and lept onto Hogarn.
The two struggled for a little while.
"I won't let you hurt my friends!" Zach said.
"I can do whatever I want boy!" Hogarn confindently said and kick Zach away.
Zach landed near me. Josh and CC joined in and Hogarn pointed his guns at us. We just looked at him. Hogarn was ready to fire at us, when his gun was blown away by water. Lapras had saved us! Althought it was weak, Lapras had managed to get it self up and attack Hogarn. Lapras sent another Water Gun at Hogarn which shortcircuited his backpack. We figured he was out of options, but he pulled out a large metal ball. All his other weapons were washed away, so this is all he had left. It was an electro ball! He threw it at Lapras, who was too weak to move out of the way. Seeing this, Zach lept in front of the ball and touched it.
"ZACH!" I shouted at the top of my lungs.
Too late. Zach was being electricuted by the ball. After the attack, Zach fell down and was clinging to life. I ran over to my brother and tried to wake him with no prevail. Lapras just looked, and actually got mad. It reared back it's head and shot out a blue beam, which froze all of Hogarn's weapons. Lapras reared back again, but this time shot out a cyclone of icecycles. I opened my Pokédex to see what it was.
"Blizzard. Lapras's strongest attack. This attack will cause excessive damange and will freeze any enemy."
And freeze it did. Hogarn was frozen solid. With a mighty Water Gun, Lapras sent the hunter over the horizon. His defeat almost made me forget Zach's condition. We rushed him to the hospital as fast as we could. The doctors struggled to bring him back to stable condition. The blast almost killed him. He was hooked up to a respirator and almost all treatments used to bring people back from death. I sat outside the waiting room, pacing back and forth. I didn't know what to do. The doctors finally came out, saying that they would have to wait a while to find out if Zach would live or not. He stayed in the hospital for 2 days on a respirator. Finally, he awoke.
"Uhhhh. Did I miss the action?" Zach said softly.
I yelled out and hugged him tightly. I was so glad Zach was alive. Zach muttered that he couldn't breathe. I let go then. CC came up to Zach.
"Son, I thank you for what you did. If it wasn't for you, my Lapras would be a trophy right now. This is a hard decision to make, but I give you this." CC told Zach.
Zach grabbed the gift and opened it. It was a Poké Ball! With Lapras inside! Zach was so happy, he hugged CC. A day later, we said our good-byes and headed into town. Zach bought our supplies while Josh and I shopped. There wasn't anything we didn't have or want, so we went back to Zach. On the way, we saw a young girl running from something. She smacked right into Josh.
"Oh, e-e-excuse m-me." the girl said.
"That's OK, but why are you running?" Josh asked.
The girl then saw something, shrieked, and ran away. We looked behind us, and saw two men dressed in suits and sunglasses runs after the girl. Josh thought something was wrong and wanted to go after them. I told him to wait for Zach. Zach popped up suddenly, and Josh grabbed us both and dragged us along. The girl ran into an alley and the men chased her. She ducked behind a side alley but was at a dead end. She saw shadows coming toward her and shrieked. One of the shadows was Josh.
"Are you OK?" Josh asked.
The girl sighed, but gasped again. We turned around, and the two men were there, guns pointed at us, and ready to fire...
To be continued...
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