Chapter 11: Bounty Hunters
With their guns pointed, the two men dressed in black demanded the girl. Josh wanted to know why.
"Our boss wants her. Now move!" yelled the men.
Luckily, our stalling buyed enough time for Zubat to swoop down and grab each man's gun. Zach and I tackled the men, then ran off with Josh, who was holding the girl's hand. The men picked up their guns and started following us.
"Zubat, slow 'em down!" I ordered.
Zubat did. It sent a Supersonic wave at the two following us, confusing them badly. Zubat, happy, flew back to me. Once we were in safe distance, and caught our breath, Josh once again asked the girl why those two were following her. She sighed then explained.
"My name is Megan. My father was kidnapped after escaping from an island.He found out his former employers were still at work and tried to go to the cops, but he was ambushed. Before he was ambushed, my father told me what the info was. He then told me to run off. I did, but those guys have been chasing me for weeks. I tried to ask Officer Jenny for help, but she can't because there's no evidence. My father told me about 3 Pokémon trainers he knew that could help, but I haven't found them yet."
"What is your father's name?" asked Josh.
"My father's name is Scott" replied Megan.
All of us had our jaws dropped.
"YOU'RE SCOTT'S DAUGHTER?" all of us said in unison.
"Uh...Uh..yes...why?" asked the somewhat frightened Megan.
"We got trapped on an island with Scott. He helped us get free." said Zach.
Megan gasped.
"You're the 3 Pokémon trainers I've been searching for! Will you help me, please?" pleaded Megan.
Before we could answer, Josh piped in and said yes. Megan thanked us a lot.
"Do you know where your father is being held?" asked Zach.
"Yes, he's being held in an island about 500 miles southwest of Cinnabar Island" said Megan.
"How do we get to the island? No ship heads to Cinnabar right now, and no ship would dare go past it!" explained Josh.
"Wait! We do have a boat we can use!" I said.
Everyone looked at me.
"Zach, we can use our speedboat to get to the island!" I said.
"Hmm. We could....if we can get it down here. That would be expensive," Zach told us.
Suddenly, we heard bikes in the distance. One man put up a Wanted poster, with all of our faces on it. The reward for us was 4 million dollars.
"That was fast. We know you for 10 minutes and already we're criminals!" I joked.
The bikes got closer, and stopped right in front of us.
"Ah! There they are! All right boys, time to collect that reward!" said the leader.
"Oh great, RUN!" I shouted.
Needless to say, motorcycles were much faster than human legs. I shouted to Zubat to confuse them, and he did, allowing us escape. The bikers chased us so we spilt up. Josh and Megan ran toward the mountains, while Zach and I would use the alleys. The bikers split up as well. Luckily for Josh & Megan, rocky mountains weren't good for motorcycles. The two eventually reached a dead end. They were on top of a really high cliff. The duo turned around to meet the bikers.
"Boy, I never thought you would be THIS much trouble kiddies" replied the biker, "Get 'em boys!" said the leader.
The bikers moved in, but Josh had had enough.
"Grr, Nidorino! Tear them to shreads!" yelled the angry Josh.
Nidorino came out and tackled some helpless bikes. The head biker wasn't impressed, as he picked two Pokémon, Machoke and Charizard, to fight Nidorino. Nidorino tried a Double Kick on Charizard, but Machoke slammed it.
Nidorino couldn't win on its own, so Josh called out Butterfree. Josh told it to use Sleep Powder, and it worked. Megan went over to the now-asleep bikers and grabbed a small bag. The bikers were reawakened from this and continued their assault. Charizard made Butterfree faint with a Flamethrower, while Machoke was beating up Nidorino.
Suddenly, Josh heard "Machop! I choose you!"
Megan called out her Pokémon. The bag had her Poké Balls in it. Machop Low Kicked Charizard, who retailiated with a Slash. Nidorino Horn Attacked Machoke, but was hit with a Karate Chop. Machop and Nidorino attacked again, but were caught in Charizard's Fire Spin. We returned our Pokémon, and looked at the bikers. Charizard and Machoke advanced. Josh looked down the cliff, grabbed Megan, and jumped down. Charizard flew after them. Megan was bracing herself to it the ground below.
"Pidgeot! I choose you!" Josh called out as he sent the PokéBall up.
The ball hit Charizard before Pidgeot came out. The giant bird swooped down and grabbed them. Both of them thanked Pidgeot, who was being shot by flames from Charizard. Pidgeot tried a Mirror Move, but it didn't work. Razor Wind wasn't good either. In desperation, Josh called out Sandshrew, who landed on Charizard and slashed its back repeatedly. Finally, Charizard began to fall. Sandshrew jumped from Charizard's head onto Pidgeot. Then they flew back to find Zach and I.
Speaking of Zach and I, we were being chased by the other group of bikers. We ducked behind a side alley, but the group soon found us. We tried going up a fire escape, but they followed us. On the rooftop, we were at a dead end. The surrounding buildings were too far to jump over. Zach and I stared at the bikers, and decided to use our Pokémon.
"Raticate! Go!" I yelled out.
"OK Pinsir, let's get 'em!" called Zach.
The two were ready for action. The bikers called out their Poliwrath and Nidoking. Pinsir attacked Nidoking with it's Slash attack. Raticate bit down hard on Poliwrath with its Super Fang. Raticate finished off Poliwrath quickly, and aided Pinsir on battling Nidoking. Nidoking was too strong, however, and Pinsir & Raticate were pulverized. We returned our Pokémon. I
was ready to use Graveler, when we grabbed by Nidoking's tail. Nidoking held us high in the air, while the bikers laughed. Nidoking started crushing us with its tail. Zach and I couldn't take much more when I told Zubat to use Leech Life. Zubat attacked and sucked Nidoking's energy. Nidoking let us go, but we were too weak to attack the bikers. Zubat then Wing Attacked them and sent them down to their bikes below. We thanked Zubat as Pidgeot flew down.
Josh & Megan got off and asked if we were OK. We told them yes, but I couldn't move my arms. Finally, after a few minutes, I could move them again.
We flew to a nearby phone and I called my parents. I told Mom & Dad of the situation, and they agreed to have the boat shipped down. I asked how they were going to pay for it, and they said that Professor Oak, who was on the other line, would gladly help. I talked to Professor Oak, while Venusaur stomped around, and told him what had happened. It would take 2 days for the boat to be shipped here, so we had to wait. During the night, one of us kept watch for danger while the others slept. Josh stayed awake about 2 1/2 hours,
then I releived him. I last about 5 minutes, and 3 hours later, Zach took over. He somehow managed to stay awake until dawn. While my brother cooked breakfast, Megan, Josh and I wondered what we were going to do until the boat gets here.
"We could disguise ourselves and stay in town." Josh said.
"Nah. That wouldn't work." I replied.
"Why not?" Josh asked.
"Because, we don't have the money. Plus everyone in town probably wants our heads. We'd be captured before we made it to the clothing store." I said.
Josh and Megan looked down. We ate breakfast, then packed up. Those bikers would be back, and sure enough, around noon they came.
"There they are! Attack!" said the head biker.
We tried to run down the other end of the path, but the rest of the group stopped us. We were surrounded. Rock to one side, bikers to two sides, and a lake to one side. We decided to fight again. This time, I called on Graveler, Zach used Scyther, Megan called out her Vulpix, and Josh sent out Poliwhirl.
The bikers sent out Charizard, Machoke, Nidoking, and Poliwrath. Scyther Slashed Poliwrath, Graveler punched Nidoking, Vulpix burned Machoke, and Poliwhirl hosed down Charizard. Charizard and Machoke were beaten, but Poliwrath used its Hydro Pump to wash away Graveler and Vulpix. Scyther tried a Quick Attack, but Nidoking slammed it. Poliwhirl tried soaking Nidoking, but was knocked out by Nidoking's tail. Scyther was hit hard by Poliwrath's Body Slam, and fainted. All of us returned our Pokémon, and gathered together, awaiting the biker's assault. The bikers were advancing.
"Now what do we do?" asked Josh.
"There is one Pokémon we could use" said Zach.
"No way" I replied.
The bikers started swinging their clubs, so I had no choice.
"All right" I said as I threw a Poké Ball out into the ocean, "Gyarados, attack!"
The huge monster popped out, and terrified the bikers. I called for Body Slam, but Gyarados went into the ocean, and used Dragon Rage. The bikers were swept away, and so was Josh, but I grabbed onto him. I was holding onto a rock while Megan was grabbing onto Zach's arm. We wouldn't last long, so I told Josh to grab the PokéBall with Raichu in it and throw it. He did, and Raichu popped out. I told it to use Thunder, and it managed to weaken Gyarados. When the Dragon Rage stopped, I recalled Raichu and Gyarados and looked for the bikers. Zach saw them land on the other side of the huge lake.
Zach said that someone would come here to see what was going on, so we sneaked back into town. We put on hats and sunglasses and went into the clothing store. We got different clothes, then healed our Pokémon at the PokéCenter. A day and a half later, our boat arrived. We gased it, and started it. Josh and Zach plotted the course, while Megan got something to eat. A few hours later, we were off. I didn't know what was in store, but I had a feeling things wouldn't be as easy as I thought it would be.
To be continued...
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