Ash's Story (Part 6: Unova)

Chapter 7

We finally arrive at Castelia City, while we're walking through Central Plaza, we find Burgh staring at a tree. "Burgh? What are you doing here?"

"Oh, Ash, guys." Burgh says. "You're finally here at Castelia City, but I don't feel like battling now. Something's bothering me."

"What is it?" I ask.

"The Bug Type Pokemon... they picked up on something last night and have been restless ever since..." Burgh says.

Then we hear sounds from the sewers, I say, "Maybe it's something in the Sewers?"

We go down to investigate when they find a Venipede stuck in a pipe. Golly says, "Wait, doesn't it have the Poison Point ability?"

"That won't scare us when I have this with me." I say while showing her the Toxic Plate without the others noticing. We manage to pull the sacred Venipede out, but it uses Screeches to harm everyone.

"Venipede! Stop!" Alice yells, but the Venipede stops because of the injury. Then we try to heal the Venipede with some healing items we have here, and then we notice a huge swarm of Venipede marching through the sewers.

"Venipede lives in the barren lands outside of Castelia City, so what are they doing here?"

The Venipede use Screech to harm everyone, and they attack with Sludge Bombs that we narrowly avoid. The swarm of Venipede starts chasing after us as the bandaged Venipede decides to stay behind in the sewers.

When we resurface, we are shocked to find the Venipede are invading the city. "Dad!" We also notice Shelly and Mancy arrive with Officer Jenny. "You must leave, it's dangerous here!"

"So what's going on here?" Burgh asks.

"We don't know, but it seems like a Venipede colony is invading the city..." Shelly says.

"We have contacted Professor Juniper to work on that." Mancy says.

A sudden explosion near the Pokémon Center attracts the group's attention. We also notice a group of Trainers attacking the Venipede with their Fire-type Pokémon, including Trip and his Lampent.

"Stop it, you guys! You can't do that!" I yell.

"Out of my way, Ash! I don't have time to battle you now!" Trip says.

"Why are you attacking Venipede?" Alice asks.

"Because they're attacking us with no reason." Trip replies. "What we can do is stop them."

Eve says, "Look, Professor Juniper is trying her best to find out the cause, so knock it off."

Then the mayor also arrives and he also tells that the Venipede has to be removed for citizen's safety. But, Burgh suggests that they somehow get all the Venipede into the Central Plaza so that they can find out why the Venipede are in the city. Jenny confirms that Professor Juniper is working on that very strategy.

"But how do we get the Venipede to Central Plaza?" The mayor asks.

"We have to find the leader first, the Venipede will follow the leader." Burgh says.

The Mayor agrees to this idea, and Burgh has Mancy, Shelly, Cilan, and Eve stay at the Pokémon Center to go get Nurse Joy and her Audino. Burgh, Alice, Iris, Golly, and I head off to find the Venipede leader.

"So how are we're going to find the Venipede leader?" I ask.

"The fact is, since wild Pokémon stand side by side in times of danger, we will find a lot of Venipede crowded around one Venipede that's the leader. The leader will be at a certain place where it can monitor the swarm."