Pokemon DZ Ch. 4 - Don's House
When they reached a bend in the path, Don stopped. The woods were too thick for Dove to see anything through them.
"Before we go any further, I need to warn you of something. Some of the Pokemon act aggressively towards strangers. Now since it's late in the day, we shouldn't see any of them. But just in case, stay close to me." Don told her.
"Okay." Dove answered.
They continued on and rounded the bend. Dove wasn't prepared for what she saw. About ten feet ahead, the path ended in an enormous field surrounded by a tall, metal fence. A large gate was in front of them. The field contained nine large buildings that were all connected by glass hallways. As they exited the forest, Dove saw a small metal booth placed at the left edge of the gate. Don walked over to it and opened the door.
"I need to register your paw-print into the security system." Don told her.
She floated over and hovered right outside the booth. Inside the booth, she saw a swivel chair sitting in front of a computer terminal. Don sat down and started the computer. After a few moments, he accessed the security system and began entering information about Dove into the database. Then he withdrew a key from his pocket and used it on a keyhole in the wall that Dove hadn't noticed before. When Don pulled on the key, a part of the wall pulled out with it like the CD tray on a computer. The top of the tray was made of glass which covered a scanner.
"Place one of your paws on the glass." Don said.
Dove did as she was told. Don hit the ENTER button on the keyboard and a green light scanned Dove's paw.
"Identification obtained. Registration of Latias complete." The computer's audio system announced.
"There you go." Don said. "You're now registered and the security system can identify you from a scan of your paw-print."
Don turned of the computer and stood up. Dove moved out of the way as he closed and locked the door.
"Well," Don said, "now I'll show you where you now live."
"I'd like that." Dove replied.
He led her to the gate and, using the scanner on the gate post to identify him, went through into the field. They headed for the nearest building where Don opened the door and gestured for her to enter. As Don came in behind her, Dove marveled at the inside of the building. They were in a foyer with a granite tiled floor and beige walls. On either side of the foyer were two stained-wood staircases with carpet runners that matched the color of the walls. A door was on each wall at the bottom of the staircase. Straight ahead, and down four shallow steps was a sunken living-room. Hovering at the top of those four steps, Dove was amazed at the simple, yet beautiful room.
The floor was covered in a white-colored carpet. The left and right walls, which were cream-colored, had lights built into them which illuminated the room. About twenty-five feet across from Dove was another set of four steps leading to a kitchen area. In the center of the room was a rectangular table, about five feet by three feet, flanked by two white-leather sofas. The table was covered in books. Dove floated down the steps and conducted a closer scan of the room. On the left side, in the corner closest to her was a large TV.
"Rotom would love that." she thought to herself.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw something on the floor. A closer look revealed it to be a black, rectangular track with curved corners. The track encircled the table and ran underneath both sofas. Don saw what she was looking at and explained.
"Both sofas rest on that track. The track enables the sofas to be easily moved around to face the TV or each other."
Dove continued her inspection by looking over the books on the table. There were a total of twenty-seven. Four of the books were atlases on the four regions: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh. The other twenty-three were journals.
"Did you write all of these?" she asked.
"Yep." Don answered. "Two of them focus on the Crystal Sector Pokemon, one is on the Crystal Sector itself, one is on the new attacks I discovered, one is on the thirteen items of legend, and the rest are on the eighteen types of Pokemon."
"Eighteen?"
"I learned that some Pokemon have traces of the element of Light, such as Ampharos and Volbeat."
"Interesting."
Don looked at his watch. It read 8:00 P.M.
"We better get to bed. You've had a long day and need to sleep. Come on, I'll show you to your room."
He led her back to the foyer and up the left-side steps. At the top of the steps was an open hallway that ran parallel to the front of the house. It overlooked the foyer on one side and the living-room on the other. On the nearest end of the hallway was another hallway perpendicular to the first. This hallway had a few doors on the side opposite them and one at the end of the hallway.
"That's my room." Don said pointing to the door at the other end. "Yours can be the last one on the left."
Dove floated down the hall and opened the door to her room. It was fairly plain: the walls were sky blue and bare. The carpet and ceiling were white as was the door. Across from the door was a large king-size bed with royal blue sheets and white pillows. On the left wall was a closet with the door open and on the right side was a closed door. There was a white ceiling fan with a light directly over the bed and there was a round, white nightstand on both sides of the bed against the wall.
"Sorry it's so plain. We can decorate it over the next few days. That closed door connects to my room so if you need me, you can just knock." Don told her.
"Thank you." Dove answered. "I don't know how to repay you for all that you've done for me."
"Don't worry about it. Now get some sleep, you need it."
Dove nodded and floated over to lay down on the bed.
"Goodnight." Don told her.
"Goodnight."
He walked to the door, shut off the light for her, and pulled the door shut as he left. Dove was asleep within a few minutes.
