Chapter V
THE MISADVENTURES OF MR. FREAK AND HEREDIA
“Bloody fantastic” said Sentret with anger, “The F*** are we supposed to find them now?” For some reason Sentret spoke with a British accent, not much to Torchic’s like. Everything Heredia could hear was dudududu God Save the Queen dudududu fish and chips dudududu cup of tea.
“I can’t understand a thing of what you’re saying!” Heredia replied.
They had been walking around the city with no direction at all. They both got lost in the moment they entered with Drew and Jessica into the city. Blame it on the crowd. As for why Sentret and Heredia are speaking in English, and the reason Sentret has a British accent… well, that’s the cinema magic.
For minutes they kept walking around between the crowd, looking for their Trainers while Sentret kept saying that it was bloody fantastic… in a sarcastic way, of course.
“Look, I can’t understand anything of what you’re saying” said Heredia while they both were crossing the street, “but tell me… is that a Pokémon Gym?”
They both looked up to a blue, small and wide building with a Pokéball-like logo in it. It was Viridian City’s Pokémon Gym. Trainers from all over the region go there to fight against Commander Mercury in order to get the Earthbadge.
As for Commander Mercury, he’s a thin yet tall man, with a height of six and a half feet, maybe more. His skin is tanned; his eyes are of a light blue and, unlike the other Commanders, he wears only the bottom half of his suit, having his chest uncovered the whole time, only to show his abs. He also wears his gray and black pants as if they were Capri pants, with them being rolled up to his knees.
He specializes in water-type Pokémon, ironically giving the Earthbadge to those trainers who manage to defeat him. In his battles, he’s more likely to use his powerhouse Wailord, although he might use a weak Marill if he sees his challenger isn’t that tough. His gym match is a one-on-one battle. His gym looks like a normal building except that it’s blue and has the gym logo in front of it. Inside, it’s a small room with a pool in the middle, and a small sidewalk. The walls are of a creamy color, with several blue and pink bubbles around, along with several Qwilfish, Octillery, Mantyke, Tirtouga, Alomomola and Jellicent painted in them with blue lines and curves around them.
His pool serves as a place where his Pokemon can train to be faster, and also during battle they can use the water of the pool for Surf, Dive and Whirlpool. Mercury will also use a Psyduck if his opponent is one of an average strength, but as he learns more of what his opponents might be like, he changes his strategies, becoming less predictable.
“It is indeed” said Mr. Freak upon looking at the blue building.
“Too bad Jessica isn’t here, she would have loved to earn another badge”
“If so, then we must search far and wide non-stop in order to find them” said Mr. Freak, with a voice tone that would encourage anyone into looking for them.
“For the last time, I don’t understand a word of what you’re saying” Torchic added, “Anyways, let’s go”
Both Pokemon kept moving across the crowded streets of Viridian. Moving between people and street Growlithe and Herdier as they kept making their way over Connection Rd. Unbeknownst to them, the iPika store (along with Drew and Jessica) is located almost at the end of the Rd., where Route Two connects with the city. Despite this, they’re still at the other side of the city. It was midnight, and several Woobat and Swellow were flying over the city, heading to their nests. Mr. Freak and Heredia had to find Drew and Jessica, and soon. They kept walking, hoping they could soon find their Trainers.
Back at the iPika store, Jessica had finally finished with her shopping, spending over a million poké. It is because of filthy rich people like her that iPika sells everything with a pika in it.
“Drew” said Jessica, while heading back to Drew. She was holding four white shopping bags in each of her hands, she stood up in front of him, placed the bags she was holding with her right hand on the floor. She took a pikaPad from one of the bags she was holding with her left hand, “do you like this pikaPad?” she giggled, “I bought eleven of them”
“Haven’t you noticed the lack of something?” he asked.
“Headphones? Don’t worry; I have a bag full of them!”
“…Or somebody?”
“Steve Labors? He’s dead, hello!”
“What about Heredia?”
“Well…” she started to look around, hoping to see Heredia, without any success, “OMFG! Heredia disappeared!” she yelled.
“What about Sentret?”
Jessica remained in silence for a second.
“OMFG! Sentret disappeared!” she yelled.
“You don’t f****** say, Jessica!” Drew replied with a sarcastic tone.
They both exited the store, standing in front of it, watching the decreasing traffic and crowd around them.
“Don’t worry, Drew” said Jessica, “Heredia and Sentret will be okay”
As soon as she said this, several gunshots start to be heard not so far away, along with a cop’s siren, the sounds of several cars using their brakes, and someone yelling Apply the handbrake you fool! Followed by an explosion, several screams, and a woman yelling My baby, then another explosion and someone saying Sorry! My bad!
“After all…” she continued, “This is the safest city I’ve been to!”
Once she finished, a voice saying Give me all your money! Is heard far away, followed by a female voice saying What?! Again?! It’s the fifth time this week, and it’s only Wednesday!
“Well… maybe not” she added.
The sound of a garbage can falling is heard in the corner close to them, followed by the sound of angry Houndour, then the sound of Houndour crying, and at last, but not least, both Mr. Freak and Heredia walk happily from this corner towards them.
“OMFG! Heredia!” Jessica yelled with excitement, jumping over and over while hugging her Torchic, holding it up high. Torchic not trying to set free of her arms this time.
Mr. Freak and Drew stare at them for a while, than face each other to their eyes.
“If you try to hug me, I’ll kill you” said Drew.
Mr. Freak’s mouth widened and her face expressed how happy she was. She had finally found Drew.
“I’m tired” said Jessica, gently leaving Torchic in the floor, “Let’s go to the Pokémon Center!”