Pokémon Red

Saffron City Siege (Red)

'Red ?', he said, surprised. 'How come you're here ?'.

'Do I know you ?', I asked, not sure who he was.

'Do you know me ?! Yes, you know me', he explained.

Leaf looked confused, she didn't know what was going on. Her expression was like - Hey, I have cavities (which she don't).

My brain was doing a scan on itself to find where I've seen that guy. But I really couldn't remember. He was my age, maybe a year older.

I must've seen him in school, can't be anywhere else. I think he was my classmate or Leaf's friend or something.

'Hey, Leaf', he said. Leaf's mouth remained opened in shock, her eyes continuously staring at him and she said ,'Uh-'.

'You both really don't remember me ?', asked the boy as he chuckled.

It was getting darker and darker as we wasted time. The woman wasn't very attentive to our talks and only looked at the Silph Company Tower entrance, waiting for the Team Rocket Grunt to go.

'Come on, kids', she said. 'The grunt would be leaving any minute, be ready'.

'Leaving for what ?', asked the boy.

'There is a thing call night shift', she said.

'Oh, right', he said.

I stood by the wall with Leaf by my side. The woman and the I-know-you boy were watching the grunt.

There was no sound that can really be heard (except for the water dripping off the air conditioners from the building we were next to.) The smell was disturbing, like people dump all their garbage here and apply grease to it and then whitewash it.

I could feel the chilly wind trying to get my cap off. My hand went automatically and held the cap from the top.

Leaf removed her hair band and got her hair straight as usual. Then took her hat out of her bag and wore it. I could tell she was feeling cold, too. Her hair were going with the flow of the air, opposite my direction. I really got irritated when her hair got onto my face.

'Kids, come on', said the woman, seriously.

She walked carefully without letting the grunt know. The grunt walked away and another Grunt was in sight who fist bumped the other one.

He didn't notice us either. The door opened automatically and we got inside. It was a huge, really huge, reception. With a big table in the corner, a fountain in the middle and an elevator opposite the main door.

It had stands on which every single magazine of the Silph was there, aligned neatly. Team Rocket didn't seem anywhere here.

'Team Rocket is on the other floors, I can't come up with you. The lift doesn't take you to the twelfth floor, you can go to the seventh floor and go to the twelfth floor with the stairs. Do not get caught by any grunt', said the woman.

'But why can't-', said the boy but stopped as the woman glared at him.

'Okay, then what ?', I asked.

'You have to free the scientists and-', she said and a voice was heard.

Do you hear that voice ? , said a male voice.
What voice ? , asked another male voice.

Then footsteps were heard.

'I'll hide, you three in the elevator, quick', said the woman.

We ran inside the elevator, and pressed seven quickly before those grunts could find us.