Pokemon: An Unexpected Journey

Chapter no.5 Pokémon Emergency

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Austin couldn't help but think of Ash's mom, as she had received a call in Pokémon canon. I guess I better call to assure her that her 'son' is safe, Austin thought as he approached the video phones. He stared at them, considering how his home didn't have phones like this, before he began typing a number that went through his head. It was eight in the evening, so she should still be up.

After a few rings, someone answered. "Hello, this is the Ketchum residence." The voice came as the video was shut off for a certain reason. Taking a deep breath, Austin got into character to impersonate Ash for the call. "Hello, Mom?" A cry of joy answered back, causing Austin to wince in guilt before Delia's face appeared on the screen. "Hi honey, is everything okay?" The video revealed her in a bathrobe, indicating she had just stepped out of the shower. "Where are you, Ash?"

"The Pokémon Center in Viridian City," Austin answered, trying to sound like Ash.

"You're already in Viridian City?" Delia sounded happy. "It took your father four days to get there when he started Pokémon training. Oh, he'll be so proud. You're the apple of his eye."

"Haha, yeah, apple," Austin said, a bit nervously before Delia noticed the scratches on him.

"What happened to you?!"

"Spearow flock," Austin said, a little scared by the worried look. "One attacked Pikachu first, and when I caught it, the flock came."

"Are you hurt?"

"Uh, no, I'm fine," Austin said, unsure what to say to her. "Pikachu protected me."

"That's great," Delia sounded happy again. "You should go to sleep though; tomorrow you have another big day. I love you."

Austin felt a lump in his throat. "You too," he said, hanging up. He can't keep acting like he's Ash when he's not.

Standing up as he turned away from the video phone, Austin wondered what he would be doing. Should he follow canon and head for the Pokémon League? He needs to find out why he was in Ash's body and how. If his dream was real though, it would mean that Dialga and Palkia would've had something to do with it.

"Ring Ring Ring, Phone Call. Phone Call." Austin jumped as he heard that repeating itself before walking to the computer.

"Hello? Who is this?" Austin asked, despite knowing fully well who it was.

"Here, over here," Prof. Oak's voice said as the screen came up. "Don't you recognize me?"

"I would if I wasn't looking at the back of your head," Austin quipped, causing Prof. Oak to turn and realize he was at the wrong camera. He panicked before it was fixed, looking sheepish.

"There, I just got off the phone with your mother, and she told me that you made it to the Pokémon Center in Viridian City, is that correct?"

Austin just stared. "What do you think?" he asked, shaking his head. "You called here."

Prof. Oak coughed to hide his embarrassment. "Right, well the others made it to Viridian City. Gary and Ritchie left already while Luna is staying at her home in Viridian, and I'm surprised you got there so soon with how late you left," he said to him. "And I had my doubts that you would be able to handle your Pikachu, but when my grandson said that you wouldn't have a new Pokémon by the time you get to Viridian City, I bet him a million Pokédollars that he'd be wrong."

"You won that bet," Austin said, noting another deviation from canon along with the surprise that Charmander was Ritchie's and... Who is Luna? "Nurse Joy is checking on Spearow as well as Pikachu right now."

Prof. Oak laughed with a smile on his face. "Well done—A Spearow?" He looked a little worried. "That Pokémon is hard for new trainers to handle."

"We'll see," Austin said nervously.

A doorbell caught Prof. Oak's attention. "Ah, there's my pizza," he said, looking to the side. "It's been nice talking to you, Ash."

Austin nodded as he hung up before he could hear the weird flavor pizza that the professor ordered and turned as Nurse Joy finally came out with Pikachu and Spearow, the latter still in the Pokéball. "Here you go, Ash," Nurse Joy said, handing him the Pokéball.

"Thank you," Austin said before he bent down to pick Pikachu up.

"CHU!"

"ACK!" Austin cried out as he was electrocuted. "I thought we were friends."

As it turns out, he startled Pikachu by mistake.

"Pika Pi," Pikachu had a sheepish look but still looked guarded as Austin shook his head. Painful, but I'm still alive. The hell? Austin thought as Nurse Joy looked surprised.

Shaking his head, Austin looked at Pikachu as the mouse spoke. "Chu Pika, Pika Pi," he said, looking away.

Austin blinked. "What?" he asked before he saw what he was trying to say. He hadn't won Pikachu's friendship yet; all he won was a chance.

"You didn't have to shock me," Austin muttered, pushing himself up.

"Are you alright?" Nurse Joy asked as Austin gave a shrug.

"Give me a few moments to figure that out," he said before seeing Misty enter the Pokémon Center.

"Is there a room open?" the Water Trainer asked the nurse, who gave a nod.

"We have plenty of room tonight," Nurse Joy reassured her.

"What a relief," Misty said before seeing Austin. "Hey, you're that kid—"

"Attention, please." An alarm was going off. "Our Viridian City Radar System has detected a suspicious aircraft belonging to a gang of Pokémon Thieves. If you have a Pokémon in your possession, exercise extreme caution."

Austin bit back a groan, knowing what that meant as a few seconds later the sound of glass breaking caused everyone to look up to see two Pokéballs falling towards the ground. The Pokéballs opened, releasing a purple, spherical Pokémon with craters that had toxic fumes coming out and a purple snake Pokémon with yellow rings around its body and a yellow rattle at its tail.

Koffing and Ekans, Austin thought, a bit surprised. From the anime, he was used to Seviper and Carnivine due to how long it had been since he had seen their original Pokémon.

Koffing began spraying toxic fumes, causing everyone to cover their noses; Austin was coughing from the smell as he felt lightheaded before understanding. This type of fume wasn't lethal; it just disoriented people.

"What's going on?" Misty coughed out as a female laugh echoed through the smoke.

"We'll answer your question, little girl," a male voice spoke after her. "Allow us to introduce ourselves."

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite all people within our nation."

The fumes cleared to show a woman with long mahogany hair and a man with short blue hair holding a rose. Both of them wore a white uniform with a red 'R' emblem on it as well as black gloves and boots.

"To denounce the evils of truth and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie."

"James."

"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light."

"Surrender now or prepare to fight."

"Meowth," a bipedal, cream-colored cat Pokémon with a gold coin on its forehead landed with a grin. "That's right."

Austin just stared. He had actually forgotten about them despite the fact they were in almost every episode of Pokémon. I always thought that motto was cool as a kid, but now it's just unnecessary, Austin thought before shaking his head.