OOC: Ok, I finally finished my post. Enjoy.
It wasn't long before Calin got to the town the Starly had spoken of, though it was so small that village would've probably been the proper word. As he searched for the lab, humans around him eyed him with a strange interest, and at one point a young boy pointed at him and shouted, "Look, Mom! An Eevee! Don't they evolve into of different types? Can I keep it?" Sighing, the mother answered, "No, son. You can't keep it. You know that wild Eevee's are very rare. It most likely already has a trainer." Although Calin didn't really understand what they were talking about, he was very glad that she said no. Evolves?.... Rare?.... Trainer? Hmm, it seems that I still have much to learn.
A little while later, he came upon a huge building with a wind turbine that he knew must be the laboratory. It certainly does look a lot better than the one back home did. The other one was a dump.... To the right of the front door, Calin saw the open window that Comet had told him about, but it was about four feet above the ground. After a couple of tries and a running start, he finally managed to scramble through it onto a table underneath. Looking around, he realized that he must be in the professor's office since it had a desk and a computer. In the next room, he heard the voice of a middle-aged man and younger voices of a boy and girl but couldn't quite tell what they were saying. With one last look through the window he'd climbed through, he realized that it was almost sunset. Crud! I'd better make this quick. It won't be very easy to find my way back in the dark, and Kalec and Bianca might start getting worried.
Creeping into the next room, he saw an old, scientist-looking man talking to a boy and girl about ten years old. On a table in the center of the room were three Pokemon he'd never seen before. On the left, was a orange, chimp-like creature with a swirl pattern on its belly and a flame where its tail should've been. Next, there was a blue Pokemon that reminded Calin of a penguin chick that looked almost like it was wearing a suit because of two white circles on its front. To the right, a turtle-like Pokemon with a plant growing out of its head was sitting. In front of each Pokemon was a bowl of what looked like cat or dog food, but Calin guessed that it was some kind of special food for Pokemon. Although he tried to resist it, the food smelled awesome to his Eevee self, and it took all the willpower he had to keep hidden. Should've ate some of those berries before I came here.....
"Sorry to come so late, Professor.... We got a little lost on the way. Mark's coming, but he won't be here till tomorrow," the boy said, embarrassed, looking down at his feet.
"Late? Is that what you call it!? We stopped because Luke wanted to look for Pokemon, we got chased by Beedrill, and then we got lost," the girl muttered, obviously irritated with the boy.
"That's ok, kids. It happens sometimes.... What really matters is that it's time to pick your very first Pokemon. So, what'll it be? Chimchar, Piplup, or Turtwig?" Professor Rowan asked, pointing to each Pokemon in turn.
"You pick first, Laura. It's my fault we're late."
Smiling broadly, Laura exclamed, "Then I'll pick Chimchar! It's always been my favorite." She patted the Pokemon on the head as the professor handed her an orb shaped object.
"Well, I pick Piplup, and it's not because it has an advantage over Chimchar. It just happens that I've always preferred it over the other starter," Luke explained, as the girl raised an eyebrow when she heard his choice. He happily excepted the same orb shaped thing that had been given to the girl.
Reaching into his coat pocket, Rowan sighed, "Darn, I forgot to get the pokedexes for you guys. I'll be right back. They're just in my office."
Calin's heart jumped a little when he heard footsteps coming toward him. I don't think he's going to be happy about seeing a wild Pokemon his office! I need to hide! Running in a circle a couple of time, he dived under the desk just as the professor entered. Opening one of the desk's drawers, the professor pulled out two red, rectangle-shaped objects that Calin knew must be pokedexes. Rowan started to walk out of the room but stopped, looking at the open window.
"When am I going to learn to stop leaving this window open," he grumbled as he slammed it shut, not knowing that he'd just trapped a frightened Eevee inside. He walked out of the room without another word. As soon as he saw the window shut, all of the joy Calin had felt after seeing where he could get a pokedex disappeared. Why did that old dude have to shut the window today of all days! When he heard the voices in the next room get even fainter, he decided to try to break the window. Throwing his body against it, he only ended up with a bruised shoulder and a wounded ego. If I wasn't so darn small, this window wouldn't hold me back! After a few more tries, he knew that it was futile and decided to find another way out. Sneaking back to the other room, he saw that the Turtwig was the only one in the room.
"Hi there, " the turtoise Pokemon said, kindly. "You can have some Pokemon food if you want. The new trainers brought there own food for Piplup and Chimchar, so you can have what's left." With his stomach growling loudly and the food smelling so good, Calin found it impossible to refuse the offer. As he walked forward, he noticed a black backpack much too small for a human. "What's that for?" he asked, pointing a paw at it.
"Oh, the professor puts that on a Aipom or a Chimchar, and they climb fruit trees and put the fruit they collect in them. He uses that fruit to feed us Pokemon at this lab. I'm sure the prof. wouldn't mind if you borrow it. We've got lots of them just laying around."
Struck by the Turtwig's kindness, Calin grabbed the bag and jumped onto the table. After a few moments hesitating, he managed to convince himself to try the food. "Wow, this food is great! I'll have to bring some of this back for my friends." He ate his fill and shoveled as much as he could into the backpack that was, thankfully, already open. "Thanks a lot, Turtwig. I've got to go now. My friends are probably starting to worry about me." Grabbing the top of the backpack in his mouth he carried off the table and back into the office. He then pulled the drawer open with his mouth and felt his mouth close around two pokedexes.
Dropping them in his bag, he came face to face with an angry Piplup and Chimchar. "What is that Eevee doing with those pokedexes!?" he heard the professor yell somewhere behind them. Oh, boy.... This is trouble.
