Pokémon Red (Book 2)

Happiness Is The Key

Red's POV

"What was that?" I ran towards the door of the Burnt Tower. The sun was rising, the rain had slowed down and the wind felt warm. It was getting hotter day to day, that's probably because it was mid-June, the weather is usually like this in Kanto too around this time of the year.

"I'm also coming." Silver walked to me while I waited for him at the door.

I pushed the door open and we walked inside. The interior of the tower was in a worse condition than the exterior. The ceiling looked as if it were about to fall, the floor seemed as if it'd break if I stood there for more than a second.

Moreover, there was a huge hole in the centre. The wooden floor was broken and all that could be seen was darkness.

The man was nowhere to be seen. Silver walked around the hole while looking at it in. He walked a little closer and peeked inside to see if the bottom was visible.

"Help!" A voice screamed from the hole. "Help me!" It was the voice of the man.

"How did he even-" Said Silver. "That man is a mess."

"We need to help him." I looked at Silver. "But how."

"No, this is where you're wrong. You need to help him, you're the good guy, remember?"

"But why can't you?"

"Cause I'm not like you, Red. It's just isn't in my nature to help people." He managed a smile. "Help him!"

"But deep down, Silver. You know you want to. You wanted to be the opposite of what your dad used to do right? Become the opposite of that means doing everything that's good. And that counts helping people too. You wanted to be a hero, you wanted to make your mother proud, so you need to help."

"But why?"  He grunted.

"Cause that's what heroes do." I clenched Eevee's Pokeball tightly. "You can't be a good person just by saying that you are one. Your actions define who you are."

"We've never had a conversation about all of that. Good to know you understand me." Silver pulled out a Pokeball. "Crobat, time to fly."

Silver sent out his Pokémon and I quickly pointed the Pokedex at it.

"Crobat, a Bat Pokémon. The development of wings on its legs enables it to fly fast but also makes it tough to stop and rest." Explained the Pokedex.

Silver climbed on top of his Crobat and waved at me, signalling me to join. I walked and climbed it as well.

Crobat levitated and hovered above the hole and slowly went inside at the speed of an elevator.

The screams persisted. "Help me!"

Crobat stopped and a light could be seen in a distance. A blue light, coming out of some room of some sort.

We started walking to the room.

"What's the hurry?" Said a familiar female voice. "Get ready for trouble."

"And make it double."

"To protect the world from devastation."

"To unite the people within our nation."

"To denounce the evils of good and love."

"To extend our reach to the stars above."

"Jessie."

"James."

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