First the unnecessary disclaimer: I don't own pokemon, and I don't really want it. My characters, being the product of my messed up mind, are mine, and even if someone was stupid enough to want them, they are MINE! STAY AWAY! Or at least ask nicely before using them. Oh, yeah, and some software company owns Color a Dinosaur (NES) but I don't think they really care. Either way, it's not mine and I don't want it. Chapter Four Isaac As I woke up, my head hurt. Don't you just love it when people state the obvious? I was on the floor…wait, no I wasn't. I was in a hospital bed? Oh, that's right. Get injured in a hospital, what do you think they're going to do with you… I tried to sit up, and I was rewarded with a small, but noticeable increase in the pain in my head. Oh well. I got out of the bed, looking around for my clothes. I found them over a chair in the corner, and went into the bathroom to change out of the hospital gown I was in. then I slowly snuck out the door. I went stealthily out to the front lobby… "Hey you! You're supposed to be resting!" Screw stealth. I bolted as fast as I could out the door, running towards the Pokemon Center. Apparently no one wanted to chase me, the little buggers… makes one feel unwanted. Anyway, I came in the door, and went over to talk to the nurse. "Hello, I'm here to pick up my Eevee." She looked up from her paperwork, and smiled. "Okay, what's your name? Or you could just show me your I.D. card, that'll work too." I took the card out of my pocket and handed it to her. She went in to the back room and came back out with a pokeball. I thanked her, then went outside and called out Kaiyen. He looked up at me and said, {We're all gonna die…} ************************************************************************ Cray As I woke up, I was floating along the underground path. I guessed immediately (And groggily) that it was probably the Celadon-Lavender tunnel, as I had used that one a few times, and it seemed familiar. I had a sort of mix of emotions: I was scared as all hell that I was floating along inexplicably, not sure what was holding me up, to an unclear destination, but I was also kind of glad that I didn't have to walk. As far as I could tell, it was dark. Course', since that's kind of a stupid comment, I'll add that I was starting to feel a strange presence around me. It was very odd, I couldn't tell if it was behind me, in front of me, to either side, all of the above…. or inside me. The last option definitely was the one that freaked me out the most. After about ten minutes of stewing, worrying, and floating, I heard what I could only assume was the voice of this mysterious "presence". And to my utter surprise, it sounded just like mine. " Cray, can you hear me?" the voice said I mustered up the best sarcastic look I possibly could with a straight face (it WAS dark) and replied, " No, I can't hear you. You'd better turn a light on." The voice replied, "No, grasshopper, Jedi mind tricks do not work on me. Anyway, I just wanna tell you something." I waited in the (ominous?) silence that followed. Finally,I spoke up, "Umm, you had something you wanted to say?" The voice sounded rather startled as it replied, "Shaddup. And don't interrupt me when I'm thinking! When nine hundred years old you will be…. oh wait. Never mind. Anyways, I just wanted to tell you that we are nearing our destination." I again waited in the ominous silence, then said, "Nothing else? Like, I dunno, an explanation? At least tell me where we're going!" The voice sighed, as if tired by all the talking (?) and replied, "Lavender Forest. There, now shut up." The last comment gave me an idea. He immediately started up a chorus of " Beep beep, beep beep, the car went beep beep beep." (Repeat as a never-ending song) The voice immediately realized my evil plan and cried out, "NOOO!!!!!!!!!!" ************************************************************************ Isaac Well, it's a good thing Kaiyen has a good nose. But, considering that Cray couldn't have walked normally with a broken ankle, and couldn't have couldn't have used crutches with a broken wrist, it's fair to say he was either carried by someone, whom Kaiyen would not recognize, or he flew. So Kaiyen's nose is as useless as that one game called "color a dinosaur". Now that has to be embarrassing. So, we wandered around, aimlessly, looking for some clue as to where the little &^%$%#@ had gone. Whee. Kaiyen looked up at me, apparently thinking that he had something interesting to say. I thought that was unlikely, but I looked back anyway. Of course, he said something no one in their right mind would consider interesting: {Do you think we should hire a psychic to track his mental signature?} Ok, I guess it was interesting. Anyway, we decided to head over to the Saffron City gym, hoping one of the psychics there would help us. All those nice, friendly, spoon-bending people, someone's gotta help us, right? [sob] yeah, that's what I thought too… err… never mind. After we were embarrassed in front of around 60 psychic students, we went to Lavender. The Tower… one of the most imposing sights in the world. Don't go there unless you have a pacemaker, 'cause your heart will stop at the sight of it. Of course, I've head that the forest to the northwest is even worse, but there's no way in all hell I'm goin' there to find out. I hope. We walked into the Tower shaking. I thought that we were dead. No pun intended. And I really hate it when I'm right…… ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ ************************************************************************ End chapter four revised edition Decided to not mess with chapter five for now. I may or may not rewrite it later. Please review! Email: riyn2799@yahoo.com