(Pokemon) Detective Johnson

Chapter 16- The Cage

HOPE'S P.O.V.

"I can do this. I can do this.", Pikachu keeps telling himself.

I walk over to Pikachu.

He looks at me.

"What is-", but I cut him off by giving him a kiss on his lips.

I pull away, and he stares at me, blushing.

"That was for good luck Pikachu, not out of love. My heart belongs to James.", I say.

Pikachu just continues to stare at me.

"Pikachu, come on!", Tim says, nudging Pikachu with his foot.

Pikachu shakes his head.

"Oh yeah, right.", he says.

Pikachu hops inside the cage, and the door is closed behind him.

I look over at the man, and see him using a tube that's just like the one back at Harry's apartment.

"James! Look!", I yell.

I have to yell over all of the noise.

James looks at me, then over to where I'm looking at.

JAMES' P.O.V.

My eyes widen.

'Holy shit! He's using that purple mist stuff of Charizard!', I think.

"Pikachu, get out now!", I yell, panic starting to rise in my voice.

Charizard starts to ram against the fence of the cage.

Pikachu realizes what's happening with Charizard, and he too starts panicking.

"Guys, get me outta here!", Pikachu yells, running back to the cage door he came in from.

Tim and I crouch down to try and help Pikachu get out.

"Pikachu, it's alright. You can use Thunder Bolt, or Quick Attack to beat Charizard.", Tim says, trying to calm Pikachu down.

"Okay, first of all, when did you become a Pokemon Trainer? And secondly, get me the hell outta here!", Pikachu says.

The announcer starts counting down.

"Oh shit! Tim, we've gotta get him out of there! Charizard is going to tear him apart! Literally!", I say.

"Thank you James! Listen to him, and get me out!", Pikachu says.

"Go!", the announcer yells.

Charizard bursts into the cage, and immeadiatly rushes at Pikachu.

Pikachu runs away, consumed with panic.

Tim stares as Pikachu runs for his life, with Charizard right at his tail.

I face Tim towards me, and slap him.

"Wake the fuck up, and help me get him out of there!", I yell.

Tim looks at me, but he nods.

Suddenly, Pikachu is thrown into the air, and Charizard opens his maw, getting ready to swallow him whole.

I turn towards Hope.

"Hope, use Moonblast!", I order.

Hope fires the move at Charizard, causing him to get distracted.

Unfortunately, Charizard crashes into the ceiling, and gets tangled into the lights as both he, and Pikachu, come crashing to the ground.

Pikachu quickly gets up.

"Pikachu, now's your chance!", Tim yells.

Pikachu nods, then starts doing something weird.

"What is he...", I trail off.

Pikachu looks at us, terror in his eyes.

"I forgot how to use my powers!", he says.

Tim and I look at each other, our eyes widening.

Charizard manages to untangle himself, and he charges at Pikachu.

Pikachu's barley able to dodge Charizard in time.

Charizard barrels right at us.

I pull Tim out of the way just as Charizard's head gets stuck in between the door, and the fence.

Charizard's quickly able to get unstuck, and he charges at Pikachu again.

Charizard corners Pikachu, and I don't think, I just act.

I squeeze through the gap in the fence, and hurry over to Charizard and Pikachu.

I stomp my foot down on Charizard's tail flame, causing him to yelp in pain.

He looks at me, and growls.

I freeze, the flashback hitting me again.

But this time, I don't let it get the better of me.

I run at Charizard, and Charizard runs at me.

Everyone has gone quiet has Charizard and I run at each other.

I see Tim in the corner of my eye, grabbing Pikachu, then running back out of the cage.

I dive at Charizard, and he catches me in his claws.

He starts to inhale, getting ready to breathe fire on me.

I slam my fist into Charizard's snout, causing him to yelp again, and let go of me.

Hope runs up to me, and stands by my side.

Both of us stare at Charizard.

Charizard stares back at us.

Suddenly, the purple mist from before starts floating around the entire arena.

I look at Hope.

"Don't breathe in the mist, it'll make you go crazy!", I warn her.

She nods.

Charizard is about to lunge at me, but all of the other Pokemon start going crazy.

'They inhaled the mist!', I think.

Everyone starts panicking as the Pokemon go wild.

People start running to the doors that lead back outside.

I pick up Hope just as some of the purple mist reaches her paws.

"Did you breathe in any of it?", I ask.

"No.", she says.

The mist starts to dissipate, until it finally disappears completely.

I put Hope back down, and I see Tim and Pikachu running over to us.

Pikachu is holding a Magikarp.

He throws it at Charizard's feet.

Charizard looks at Pikachu in confusion.

"Pikachu, Magikarp is the most useless Pokemon ever. It won't be able to do anything.", Tim says in frustration.

"Unless it's exposed to life threatening conditions, then it'll evolve into a Gyarados.", I say.

"Exactly!", Pikachu says in agreement.

Suddenly, the Magikarp evolves into a Gyarados.

The Gyarados looks at all of us, then starts to inhale.

"Guys, I don't float.", Pikachu says.

I quickly grab Hope just as the Gyarados spits a huge wave of water at all of us.

The wave shoves the four of us outside, and then quickly drains into the harbor.

I slowly get up, and Hope shakes the water out of her fur.

I shake my hands, flinging the water everywhere.

"How did it go Master James?", Mew asks me, as she flies over to us.

I sigh.

"It could've gone better.", I say.