Shade Woods
Finding his away around town had not been as hard as Shade thought it would be. He found the Mart quite quickly after leaving the lab of the Professor. There were a few people in the store at the time. Two older gentlemen were standing in one of the corners, talking about the good old days when kids worked harder and were more respectful. There were a few kids along with their parents doing some shopping. The kids, a little girl and her older brother, were looking at candy and constantly asking if they could have some.
Haha, I remember when Amanda and me use to do that. Our mom would get so irritated at our constant pestering that she would buy the candy and eat it herself. Little did we know, she always bought extra and gave it to use after she believed we had learned our lesson. Haha....
Thinking of his family was hard for Shade. He had not been away from them for that long, but every moment he was away, Shade was convinced that something bad was going to happen to them.
Shaking off the thought, Shade turned back to his shopping. He bought food and water to replace what he used on the way to Pallet plus some basic medical items for injuries. After buying the rest of his necessities, Shade went over the pokemon food. This slowed him down. He had no idea what to get. He was about to ask the man at the front when he had a better idea. Taking out the pokeball from his pocket, Shade let loose his own pokemon, a Weedle that he name Calloway.
"All right Calloway, I could use a little help I deciding what food to get you."
Calloway looked at the different kind of food that lined the shelves. After a few seconds, Calloway crawled up and sat on his choice.
This will do.
Shade gave a strange and confused look to Calloway.
"We have two problems buddy. First, you don't eat meat. Second, that cost more that I have with me. Maybe you could make another choice."
Calloway looked down at the bag and laughed. Oh, my mistake, how about this one?
The next one was made of a bunch of stuff that Shade had never heard of before, but the bag said it was good for all bug-type pokemon. Not to mention, the price was very acceptable. Taking the bag and placing Calloway on his shoulder, Shade paid for his items and left the store. He had not walked far when he heard a group of people talking very loudly and could not help but overhear what they were saying.
"Did you hear what happened? Team Rocket attacked a group of new trainers as they were leaving Professor Oak's lab. There was a blood trail leading into the forest. Also, one of the Team Rocket members was found dead and a bunch more knocked out. I really don?t know what else happened but someone told me that they saw a boy on a ponyta riding off into the wood with an unconscious girl."
Shade didn't need to hear anymore. He didn't leave them that long ago and they are already in trouble. This was all his fault.
"I should not have left them. Now they are in trouble and I have to find them. Come on Calloway."
Shade turned to leave but a high, whining voice stopped him.
"Well if it isn't Shade Woods. Long time no see 'friend.'"
Shade grimaced as he recognized the voice. This was something he did not have time to deal with. Shade slowly turned around to see a face from his past.
