Chapter 5: Amarillo, guardian of the forests

The triplets left Viridian City and entered the labyrinth in the north known as Viridian forest.

“So this is Viridian Forest. It looks creepy” said Alexandra in a frightened voice.

“Don’t worry Alexandra, Alexis and I am right here beside you,” said Alexander.

“Exactly, we’ll protect you,” said Alexis. “No need to worry.”

Then, Alexandra felt something tapping her just above her right ankle.

“Alright, which one of you is it?” she said. “One of you is tapping me in a pitiful attempt to scare me”

“But neither of us has tried to scare you yet,” said Alexander.

“And it definitely wasn’t me; I was the one who offered to protect you. Why would I do that then try to scare you?” added Alexis. Alexandra looked scared, and slowly looked behind her. She saw that the thing that was tapping her was a small, green bug!

“Aaaaaaaaaah” she screamed, and ran away, deeper into the maze known as Viridian forest. She ran, and ran and ran, and ran and crashed into a tree.

“Are you all right little girl?” said a blonde-haired lady. “You look dizzy

“Y-yes I-I’m fine. I’m Alexandra, and these are my two brothers, Alexander and Alexis,” said Alexandra in a dizzy voice.

“Well, your brothers aren’t behind you that’s for sure,” said the lady worriedly.

“Alexis. Alexander,” shouted Alexandra. “Where are you?”

“We’re coming. Just keep calling our names so that we know where you are,” shouted Alexander. Alexandra did as her brother asked and they eventually found her.

“So you’re Alexandra’s brothers. My name is Amarillo del Bosque Verde, but you can just call me Amarillo. This is my partner, Raichu,” said the lady. “I’m one of the Guardians that your father chose to protect the Pokémon world. I guard all the forests and woods from evil teams like Team Rocket. There is a Guardian who looks after the caves and mountains, a Guardian who protects the seas and rivers, a Guardian of the sky, a Guardian of the cities, a Guardian of the desert and our leader, your father, the Guardian of the Legendary Pokemon. Oh and Alexandra, there’s a Caterpie behind you.”

“Aaaaaah,” she screamed. “Get it away from me.”

“I think it likes you. Maybe you should try to catch it. Caterpie’s final stage, Butterfree, is very good for contests,” said Amarillo.

BOOM! BOOM!

“What was that?” asked Alexandra, cowering behind Alexis.

“I’m going to check it out,” said Amarillo. “Are the three of you coming?”

“Well, Alexander and I want to, and we can’t leave Alexandra alone so yes, the three of us are coming,” said Alexis.

The noise was coming from a large robot, which was taking all the pokémon from the forest! The triplets immediately sent out their pokémon.

“Charmander, tackle,” commanded Alexander.

“Squirtle, use your tackle as well,” ordered Alexis.

The two pokémon did as they were told, but the robot remained unharmed.

“Let me try. Bulbasaur, razor leaf,” said Alexandra. The robot was dented, but not destroyed.

“Keep it up Bulbasaur,” said Alexandra encouragingly. Suddenly, Charmander let loose a mass of orange sparks and Squirtle sent a mass of bubbles towards the robot, promptly blowing it up, and revealing Vicious, Domino, Miyamoto and a muscular, brown-haired man.

“It seems as if Charmander has learned ember and Squirtle has learned bubble,” said Alexis knowingly.

“HOW DARE YOU!!! YOU FIENDS!! You will pay for this. Scyther, destroy them,” said Vicious.

“Vicious, look who it is. They must be punished for meddling in Team Rocket’s affairs again. Kadabra, Demolish them,” said Miyamoto

“Yes, and we’ll see whether they can survive the might of my Vileplume this time. Come on out Vileplume,” shouted Domino.

“Those little children will perish at the hands of my Fearow,” said the other man. “I, Tyson the Great, will destroy them.” The Team Rocket Elite Quartet’s Pokémon sped towards the triplets and Amarillo.

Then, out of the blues, a Caterpie shot out of the bushes and tackled the Rocket’s pokémon, which had bunched together for a combined tackle. Surprisingly, they were sent flying backwards.

“Get up, you losers. Destroy that foolish pokémon,” said Tyson. The Fearow, Vileplume, Kadabra and Scyther jumped at the Caterpie, which promptly sent them flying backwards again.

“That’s one powerful Caterpie, but it’s not going to be able to hold out forever. Charmander, help it out with ember,” commanded Alexander. Charmander sent a mass of orange embers towards its opponents.

“Squirtle, use bubble,” ordered Alexis. Squirtle let loose a hundred sky-blue bubbles.

“Bulbasaur, use razor leaf,” said Alexandra. Bulbasaur’s bulb glowed green and it sent a pair of razor-sharp leaves at the Rockets.

“Chuchu, use strategy 37-SVT,” ordered Amarillo. Her Raichu cried out, and about twenty Pikachu and a hundred Pichu came out of the bushes. They started running at the Rockets, then electricity started flowing around them and they tackled the Team Rocket Elite Quartet and their Pokémon with immense electrical energy. The electricity from all 121 electric-type pokémon became a giant hemisphere of electricity. When that hemisphere hit the Rocket’s pokémon, there was a humongous explosion and the Rockets and their pokémon were blasted far away.

The Caterpie that had helped them then presented itself in front of Alexandra, as if it wanted Alexandra to capture it. It then started glowing with a white light. When the light faded, instead of a Caterpie, there was a green crescent-shaped cocoon-Caterpie had evolved into a Metapod.

“It looks like it wants to join your team. You really should capture it. It will be very helpful for your contests as a Butterfree and it doesn’t require much training to evolve into one,” said Amarillo.

“Fine. Poké ball go,” she said. The Metapod disappeared in a flash of white light into the Poké ball. The Poké ball shook, and then stood still. Alexandra had a new member to her team.

“You should make your way that way. Pewter city is just ahead,” said Amarillo, pointing ahead, to where the triplets could see a rather strange-looking city.