A New Line Through The Lives Of Kanto

Zombies

Gary whipped his head around in awe in as many directions as he could, staring at the tunnel he was in.

It was made of streams of ocean blue color with a dazzling green glow on the outskirts.

He and Isaac were moving through this tunnel without actually walking, standing still, Celebi floating in front of them.

Gary could hardly breathe as he tried to make sense of where he was, and how he was going through the area. In a flash of blinding light, he suddenly found himself in a room!

The walls were white, the floor covered in a brown carpet, and there were several booths, one of which Gary was standing by.

"What is your name, child?" a voice familiar to Gary asked from somewhere closeby.

"My name is Aly Say!" another voice said proudly and loudly. "I am not afraid of you or your stupid guns! You guys are totally cray cray!"

Gary nearly gasped out loud and, on instinct, ducked down by the wall of the booth near him. He peeped around the corner of it slowly, and instantly pulled back and sat on the floor, his back pressed to the booth, eyes stretched wide to their limit, unable to breathe.

"Aly. Brave Miss Aly," the man spoke. "How old are you?"

"I am ten years old!"

No! No! No! No! Gary thought repeatedly. This is it!! I'm here!! Back in time!!

"It pains me to hear that," the guy, Isaac, replied. "So young. You, your friend over there, and so many others in this very room."

Isaac, Aly, ME! And all the other people, Gary remembered, thinking on what he just saw around the booth. They're really all there!! I'm really back in time to the moment Aly dies! He looked around frantically. Where's Isaac?? My Isaac!! The new one! Listening to the conversation taking place, he realized he was running out of time to save Aly.

"Pokemon are good!" Aly insisted.

"So young, Miss Aly. So young. And so very stupid."

This is only getting worse, Gary knew. Aly's getting mad! The new Isaac is gone, left me to take care of this alone! I've only got one shot at this! But what do I do? How do I stop this? How do I save Aly??

"You've a big mouth, young lady." Isaac's voice was getting scarier. Darker. "I don't raise Pokemon. I hate Pokemon."

"Because you suck at raising them," Aly instigated.

Why do I feel so weird? Gary questioned suddenly. My body... I feel so nauseous. Not just sick, but - strange. I can't explain it. I feel so out of place. So strange. Something's wrong! Is it because I don't belong here? Am I vanishing? Have I been seen by someone? Myself? Have I altered the timeline already??

"-and it helps us all to grow and mature in this world of ours, together," Aly went on.

"Your words make me pity you for your ignorance, but it isn't your fault," Isaac spat. "You've been brainwashed. Poor, foolish girl."

Gary got to his feet and balled his fists. I have to do something, damn it! Anything!

"Wait! YOU are the reason for those news stories?" Aly shouted.

"Those are the dangers Pokemon cause to us all," Isaac said solemnly.

"YOU DID THEM!!!" Aly bellowed. "How stupid can you be???"

NO! I'm not ready! Gary panicked in his head.

"I can't even describe how much of a punch in your ugly freaking face you deserve!!!"