Pokémon Red (Book 2)

Raise the Red Gyarados!

Ethan's POV

"Not on my watch!" Lance, one of the most powerful trainers in the world and who is also a Pokemon Elite member stepped inside the room. He picked up my belt on which my Pokeballs were attached from a table and threw it inside the cell in which I stood.

"L-Lance." Butch managed a smile. "Cassidy, I think we should- uh, run?"

Lance stared at Butch continuosly. Butch started shaking in terror. "Uh, Cassidy?" He turned around only to discover that Cassidy was gone. He seemed to be panicking and made a run.

"Lance!" I said. "W-what are you doing here?"

"Saving your life, I suppose." He opened the cell and walked outside the room. I followed him. "So what do you know about this place?"

"Nothing much except for something to do with a red colored Gyarados."

Lance stopped and tilted his head a bit, looking at me with the edge of his eye. "A red Gyarados? What do you mean by that?"

"We can just go back to that room and I can show you." I pointed backwards.

"No. Team Rocket have bigger plans, and I know they have nothing to do with a Red Gyarados." Lance justified.

"Bigger plans?"

"You can't take over the world by a discolored Gyarados. Team Rocket is not that simple. Their plans have something to do with their old experiment - Mew 2." Lance opened a door which seemed to be an exit.

"Mew? As in the mythical Pokemon Mew?"

"Yes! Now we need to hurry outside, thanks for mentioning the Gyarados. I know just the place we need to be." Lance took a deep breath in, while looking at the sky which changed to dark in a fast pace.

Red's POV

Mahogany Town looked like an ancient ninja village which was built just a days ago. The buildings and streets were well maintained and looked as if they were made recently.

The sky had a bad face, it was getting cloudy and it was definitely going to rain. Lyra had also predicted the weather and had brought out her Marill to play. Marill loved the rainy weather.

"Is that-" Said Lyra and I at the same time.

"Ethan?" Said Lyra.
"Lance?" I said. Both of us looked at each other and started walking in their direction.

"What's Lance doing in Johto?" I asked. I kept myself steady and expected a Pokemon battle.

"Johto is Lance's home, Red. The big question is that what Ethan is doing with him? You know after that time travel thingy, we don't even know what Ethan is like anymore."

"I did not want a reminder of the mess I made. Anyways, let's just follow them. Or do you want to go - 'oh hey, Ethan!' ?" I imitated Lyra's voice, which turned out to be a bad mimicry.

Lance and Ethan walked without any stop. They were headed to the northern part of the town but my guess changed after they walked past the last house in the north Mahogany.