From: Padawan Gopher <jk286@aol.cometPunch> Subject: [PW!] Pallet Town Or Bust Date: Thursday, August 19, 1999 7:21 PM Chris suppressed his emotions enough to stop himself from crying. He pulled Slims' Pokéball off his belt. Chris examined the ball for a second before releasing his Dratini to play in the open ocean. "TINI," the Dratini yelled as it jumped into the water, spotting a Goldeen. "Tini, dra, tini," Slims repeated. "Yeah Slims, I see it too, I'm just not in the mood to catch another Pokémon right now," Chris told the blue Dratini, "come on back into the Pokéball Slims." Chris held up the red and white ball and a flash of energy came out, snatching the Dratini out of the water. Chris but the ball back on his belt as he drifted off to sleep. He recalled the happenings of that day, packing, his mom crying, talking to his father, the gun. The Gun! Chris had totally forgotten about it, he reached over into the bottom of his backpack and pulled out the gun. Its metal body gleamed in the afternoon light he looked the gun over. Chris wondered why he even had it; he motioned his arm back, preparing to throw it into the ocean when he had a thought in the back of his head. His father would not have given it to him if he did not think Chris would need it. Chris decided to not throw the gun into the water, he gave the gun one last look over and put it back in the handkerchief, and stashed it in his backpack once again. Chris lay back down when the Lapras suddenly stopped, causing him to nearly fall off the Lapras. Chris regained his composure and crawled over to see what it was, he looked over the edge to find a Tentacool in front of the Lapras. Chris looked at the face of the Lapras. "You… are scared… of that?" Chris asked the Lapras in amazement, "look, just go around it, and you will be fine." The Lapras did as it was told, except the Tentacool would not let the Lapras pass. Chris got very frustrated, so he pulled out his Slims's Pokéball. "Slims, go!" "Dra! Tini," Slims yelled, jumping into the water. "Dratini, Wrap!" The Dratini wrapped itself around the Tentacool, the Dratini go tighter and tighter around the Tentacool until the Tentacool broke free. The Tentacool spit acid at the Dratini, but missed. Chris saw this as a perfect opportunity to catch another Pokémon. Chris fumbled through his backpack until he found an empty Pokéball. Chris threw the Pokéball at the Tentacool, hitting it square on the head. The ball fell into the ocean, Tentacool and all. Chris sent Slims down to get it, if it had the Tentacool in it, great, if not, oh well. The Dratini came back up a minute later with a Pokéball in its mouth. The Dratini jumped back on the Lapras, dropping the Pokéball at the feet of Chris. Chris bent over to pick it up, he pushe the white button, hoping for a Tentacool to come out. When the ball open, all that came out was seawater. "Oh well," Chris sighed, "there's more fish err, Tentacool in the sea. Slims, good job, go back in the Pokéball now. Well Lapras, you can go ." The Lapras continued toward Pallet Town, and Chris dozed off to sleep. He did not know what time it was when he landed, but he got to Pallet, and the sun was setting. He sent the Lapras back in the direction of Cinnabar Island, with it went his chance at turning back, his chance at changing his mind. Chris let in a deep breath, and stepped towards the largest building in Pallet Town, Professor Oak's Laboratory. He needed a Pokédex from the Professor, and maybe some advice. Chris walked to the lab, and looked at the sign on the door. It read: "Professor Oak's Laboratory." Chris let out a sharp breath and reached for the doorknob. TBC Padawan Gopher Follower of Gonk (not of the Cat variety) AIM: PdwnGphr, Jk286 This Week's Random "Weird Al" Yankovic Quote! "It's hard to bargle nawdle zouss." Reader of AGNP RASSM AMWA ASBNSK AGVN64 AOL has short sig space doesn't it?