Journeys: Red, Green and Blue//ON HOLD//

Chapter 4

Pools of light beamed from the windows of the Pokemon Lab as Blue waited patiently in the torrent outside. She'd been waiting for a very long time for this moment, and she wasn't planning on slipping up. There was no way she was letting this chance pass. The rain was soaking, but Blue needed to stay right where she was to keep watch on the windows. She needed to wait until all of the lights were off, so she would know that all of the scientists had gone home for the night. At least the rain would keep her awake until she needed to go in.

Finally, after hours of hiding in the bushes outside of the lab, Blue saw the last of the lights in the building shut off. Scientists shuffled out with multicolored umbrellas, one of them much more frantic than the rest for some reason. Blue waited until every single one of them was gone before she went to make her move. She wasn't taking any chances. As soon as all of the scientists were out of sight, Blue began to sneak over to the main door. It was probably too much to hope that it would be unlocked, and that sentiment was proven correct when she tested the handle. It wiggled, but it didn't move all that much. She'd have to try a window or side door. However, a quick circle around the lab showed that the side doors and windows were all locked as well. It seemed that the scientists had all thought ahead against thievery. Figuring there weren't many other options, Blue picked up a decently sized rock and threw it as hard as she could at one of the back windows. The window cracked, but it didn't immediately shatter. Blue had to throw two more rocks to finally shatter the window. She would have to be really careful climbing through to avoid cutting herself.

Apparently, she wasn't careful enough, and she cursed as she dropped to the floor inside. She'd gotten two cuts, a deeo one on the palm of her hand and a much shallower one on the outside of her thigh. She took a mostly clean rag from a pocket in her bag and bound it tightly around her hand. It would have to do until she was finished with her task. She'd have to work quickly, though, as blood was already starting to soak through it.

Blue cast her gaze around the darkened room, trying to get an idea of where in the lab she was. It looked like some sort of storage room. There were boxes full of lab equipment and microscopes along a shelf on one of the walls. Blue went forward and tried the door to the closet. Surprisingly, it opened out wide into the main lab. Apparently, with all the outside doors locked, the scientists hadn't felt the need to lock the inside doors. That was their fatal mistake. Now, all Blue needed to do was find where Professor Oak kept the Pokemon waiting to go to trainers and steal one of them.

She made her way through the lab, looking into various side rooms as she went. After awhile, she made it to what vaguly looked like it could be a Pokemon nursery. Bingo. Annoyingly, the room seemed fairly empty of Pokemon. That was mildly frustrating, but she knew there were a few teenagers who had turned fourteen recently. There had to be Pokemon here, unless they'd already left on their adventures. It was way too early for that. She searched in all the nooks and crannies of the room, hoping she would find a Pokemon. Finally, she found it. Sleeping in the darkest corner of the room was a single Pokemon. It was green and reptile like with a large bulb on its back.

"Hey there," she said crouching down next to it. It opened its eyes looking up at her with curiosity. She guessed that it hadn't been sleeping very soundly. "Lonely, aren'tcha?" In response, it let out a forlorn cry. This Pokemon really was lonely. There weren't any others to keep it company. "Well then, do you wanna come with me?" she asked. The Pokemon looked up, happiness sparking in its eyes. Blue grinned and picked it up. It looked like the Pokeball was on a nearby table. She picked that up as well.

"I'm going to put you in your Pokeball, at least until we get out of here. It's storming pretty badly outside," Blue told the Pokemon. It nodded, and she pressed the button on the front of the Pokeball, recalling the Pokemon. The last thing she needed to do was find out what species it was. She placed the Pokeball on her belt, positioning it so that the Pokemon could see where they were going. Then, she ran back out into the main lab, preparing to make a mad dash to the Pallet Town Pokemon Center when she noticed something across the room. She stopped and went over, observing the strange, blue colored device. It looked to be a Pokedex. They weren't commercially avalible yet, but everyone had seen Professor Oak on TV, displaying the prototypes. It had been made known that there were only seven in existence so far, and they were almost in complete working order. Something like this could really give Blue an edge over other Pokemon trainers. With sure hands, she nabbed the Pokedex and pulled the Pokeball with her Pokemon back up.

"Let's see if this thing works, little guy," she said to the Pokemon, opening out the Pokedex and pressing the scanner button. Information on the Pokemon's species came up, identifying it as Bulbasaur, a grass and poison type Pokemon. It was also apparently female. "So that's what you are... hm... I'll call you Fushi. How do you like that?" Fushi looked happy in the Pokeball at her new name. Blue smiled and put the ball back on her belt. She ran back to the storage closet she'd come in through and vaulted back out through the shattered window. With that being the only trace of her presence in the lab, the Pokemon thief ran out into the dark night, smirking all the way.