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Chapter One: Death in the Underground
"It looks like your Absol has contracted the PokeRUS, that's all."
"The what?" Nathan asked, pale brow wrinkled with confusion, hands on hips, deep green eyes continually darting from the PokeBall to Nurse Joy.
"The PokeRUS. It's a beneficial virus," explained the pink-haired nurse, "that, for a couple of days, increases the battle abilities of the infected Pokemon. It's contagious, so you might see the other Pokemon in your party get it too. There's nothing to worry about - it'll help you when you battle in the Gym tomorrow.
"Although, I don't know what to make of those red paws...I've never seen the PokeRUS do that before - but mind you, it's very rare, and I've never seen an infected Absol before, so it might just be the effect it has on that species of Pokemon. But if anything strange happens, come back and let me know." Joy smiled sympathetically, returning Nathan his PokeBall. The young trainer nodded and thanked her, before walking out of the Pokemon Centre and into Vermilion City.
The air was quite cold that night, and as Nathan told Absol, which he let out to walk with him, it was only going to get worse there, as Vermilion was by the sea. He decided to spend the night in Celadon City, where there was a warm hotel. "Come on, Absol," he murmured, "let's take the Underground Passage."
The young trainer smiled broadly as he began walking, the two Indigo League badges pinned to his shirt shining softly under the moonlight. He was a short boy, not much taller than his Pokemon, with a white baseball cap on his head and thick hiking boots. His clothes clashed horribly with each other, and were patched up all over the place. Nathan came from a poor family, and had had to make some sacrifices in terms of what he could afford for himself in order to afford a PokeNav for his journey. As such, he continuously checked his red device, as if to make sure he was using it enough to be worth the concession.
Nathan led the way just out of the North entrance, holding onto his baseball cap with his spare hand as the wind began to pick up, his Pokemon trailing silently behind him. Absol seemed a little ruffled by the resultant decrease in temperature, even though that particular species was supposed to be fairly hardy in the cold, but Nathan was too busy navigating by his PokeNav to notice. They said nothing else until they descended the stairs into the passage to Celadon, when the silence was broken by Nathan.
"Looks like you're going to totally wipe out Lt. Surge tomorrow, huh, Absol," he said, not looking behind him at his partner, whose near-violent shivering calmed down as they entered the passage.
That turned out to be quite the mistake.
As it followed him, red-tinged feet padding quietly along the subway floor, the Absol never took its eyes off the position on Nathan's back where his left shoulderblade ended. For half an hour it waited, vigilant in its observing of his movements, silent in its approach. Finally, as they neared the light at the end of the tunnel, Nathan stopped still for a moment, hand stroking his bare chin, and chatting amiably to his Pokemon about his strategy for tomorrow's Gym battle.
When its trainer stopped moving, Absol at once pounced, springing with remarkably little noise, and in one swift movement, slashed under Nathan's shoulderblade with the serrated blade on its head.
The only noise Nathan made was that of his body hitting the tunnel floor.
"It looks like your Absol has contracted the PokeRUS, that's all."
"The what?" Nathan asked, pale brow wrinkled with confusion, hands on hips, deep green eyes continually darting from the PokeBall to Nurse Joy.
"The PokeRUS. It's a beneficial virus," explained the pink-haired nurse, "that, for a couple of days, increases the battle abilities of the infected Pokemon. It's contagious, so you might see the other Pokemon in your party get it too. There's nothing to worry about - it'll help you when you battle in the Gym tomorrow.
"Although, I don't know what to make of those red paws...I've never seen the PokeRUS do that before - but mind you, it's very rare, and I've never seen an infected Absol before, so it might just be the effect it has on that species of Pokemon. But if anything strange happens, come back and let me know." Joy smiled sympathetically, returning Nathan his PokeBall. The young trainer nodded and thanked her, before walking out of the Pokemon Centre and into Vermilion City.
The air was quite cold that night, and as Nathan told Absol, which he let out to walk with him, it was only going to get worse there, as Vermilion was by the sea. He decided to spend the night in Celadon City, where there was a warm hotel. "Come on, Absol," he murmured, "let's take the Underground Passage."
The young trainer smiled broadly as he began walking, the two Indigo League badges pinned to his shirt shining softly under the moonlight. He was a short boy, not much taller than his Pokemon, with a white baseball cap on his head and thick hiking boots. His clothes clashed horribly with each other, and were patched up all over the place. Nathan came from a poor family, and had had to make some sacrifices in terms of what he could afford for himself in order to afford a PokeNav for his journey. As such, he continuously checked his red device, as if to make sure he was using it enough to be worth the concession.
Nathan led the way just out of the North entrance, holding onto his baseball cap with his spare hand as the wind began to pick up, his Pokemon trailing silently behind him. Absol seemed a little ruffled by the resultant decrease in temperature, even though that particular species was supposed to be fairly hardy in the cold, but Nathan was too busy navigating by his PokeNav to notice. They said nothing else until they descended the stairs into the passage to Celadon, when the silence was broken by Nathan.
"Looks like you're going to totally wipe out Lt. Surge tomorrow, huh, Absol," he said, not looking behind him at his partner, whose near-violent shivering calmed down as they entered the passage.
That turned out to be quite the mistake.
As it followed him, red-tinged feet padding quietly along the subway floor, the Absol never took its eyes off the position on Nathan's back where his left shoulderblade ended. For half an hour it waited, vigilant in its observing of his movements, silent in its approach. Finally, as they neared the light at the end of the tunnel, Nathan stopped still for a moment, hand stroking his bare chin, and chatting amiably to his Pokemon about his strategy for tomorrow's Gym battle.
When its trainer stopped moving, Absol at once pounced, springing with remarkably little noise, and in one swift movement, slashed under Nathan's shoulderblade with the serrated blade on its head.
The only noise Nathan made was that of his body hitting the tunnel floor.
