Pokémon Red (Book 2)

Up Up And Away

Red's POV

'Red, I thought I'll never meet you again', said Silver. 'I did what you told me to'.

'I met your dad recently, he told me to tell you that he's proud of what you are doing', I said.

'Not yet, I want to end Team Rocket completely, then he would be', said Silver .

'Wait, who's your dad again ?', asked Lyra, confused.

'Giovanni', said Silver.

'Giovanni has a son ?', asked Bugsy. 'I didn't know that'.

'And a daughter too', said Silver. 'I know, to get on the right track, I had to steal a starter Pokemon, only because Farfetch'd wasn't strong enough'.

'That's the only thing you did wrong ?', I asked. 'Not kidding, I'm impressed'.

'But it's not enough, Team Rocket is up to something very fishy, and I must stop them, I think I'll need you help', said Silver.

'What kind of help ?', I asked.

'You'll know soon enough', said Silver. 'Bye'.

Silver walked away as Bugsy and Lyra stared at him in confusion.

'What was he talking about ?', asked Lyra. 'Where did you meet Giovanni ?'.

'Long story short, Giovanni is a good guy who needs my help in destroying Team Rocket', I said.

I looked at Bugsy who may have some questions too.

'No questions, dude', said Bugsy.

'Wait, who is leading the Team ?', asked Lyra.

'A person Giovanni trusted the most', I said. 'Charles'.

'So, how do we stop him from his great plan', asked Lyra.

'To be able to stop him, we need to know his great plan first', said Bugsy. 'That we don't, yet'.

'Just forget about it, for a while. Today, we have a gym battle to win', said Lyra.

A few minutes gone, we stood outside the gym. Lyra didn't really know what a gym battle was, but she still felt confident.

I was sure I would win, like always, everything works out and I get to be the winner. Well, that's what I thought.

From inside, the gym was......empty. no, really, it was empty, there was nothing.

'What ?', I said. 'Where is the gym leader ?'.

'Reach for the sky', said Bugsy.

'What ?', I asked.

'Really, look up', he said, pointing to the sky with his other hand on my shoulder.

'Is that the gym ?',asked Lyra walking forward, with her jaw slowly dropping.

'No, that's, uh, yeah that's the gym', I said.

Lyra stared at me as if I'd sprouted Rhydon horns. 'Never mind, how do we....get up there ?'.

'I don't know'. My head spun, still figuring out how the place was built after looking at the royal interiors.

'Take the elevator', said Bugsy. 'Right over there'.

'Where ?'. I walked further.

A platform on which Lyra and I were now standing, elevated upwards. Bugsy remained on the ground.

'Good luck'. Bugsy waved. I nodded in appreciation.

'I don't like heights'. Lyra looked down and flinched.