Mike's Pokemon Chapter 1
#1 of Mike's Pokemon
Welcome to my Home
It was Monday afternoon. I had been strolling through the city of Greenmill on a late June day, looking for nothing specific to do.
My name is Mike and I am your not so average Pokemon trainer. What I mean is that I, for the entire sixteen years of my life, have not owned one Pokemon. I've handled Pokemon before and did a great job taking care of them. However, not one Pokemon has connected with me enough to be my partner.
So anyway, I was walking around when I discovered a new place in town. It was called PokePal Mart. Curiosity being my biggest quality, I went inside and was somewhat horrified. Cages after cages of locked up Pokemon. I know some Pokemon put in safe cages, as I call them, in pet stores, but this seemed different. This seemed more like cruelty. They all had the same sad/hopeful look in their eyes when I stepped in, as if they were finally going to be free.
Browsing through, I noticed a lot of Pokemon that weren't in this area. I saw Vulpix, Growlithe, a lot of Krabby, and even some of the starters, Charmander and Squirtle. As I was walking around I heard a voice yelling.
"Pathetic Pokemon! I said out of the cage!" I ran over towards the voice and saw a Rocket member yelling at an Espeon. At first I thought he was trying to steal the Psychic Pokemon.
"Get away from the Pokemon or I'll call the police!" I yelled at the Rocket member.
"For what? I work here buddy!" I then saw the same look on the Espeon's face as I did with the others. A sad yet hopeful look. "I said get out!" he yelled again. I watched the Pokemon flinch at the sound of his voice. At this point I was getting really sick of hearing him scream at this innocent creature.
"How much for the Espeon?" I asked. The man was about to scream at me when he realized I was a customer.
"For her...$2000." My jaw almost dropped. Two thousand dollars for one Pokemon! I couldn't complain though. It was rare to see a Pokemon around here, let alone an Eeveelution.
"Okay, I'll buy her," I said as I pulled out my wallet pen, probably one of the best inventions ever. It works like a credit card, but you can also sign stuff with it so you don't need to have a pen with you or anything like that. The Espeon's face lit up like a Christmas tree as she came running over to my side. After I finished paying for my new Pokemon, I was about to leave when I heard a whimpering sound coming from the other end of the store.
"When is that stupid Umbreon going to shut up!?
"Umbreon? You have an Umbreon here?"
"Yes, we do."
"No wonder she was acting that way. Do you know anything about Pokemon or are you just like every other asshole Rocket member?" The man just stared at me. "Espeon and Umbreon have a natural strong bond to each other. To have them near each other but separated the way you do is torture to them. They need to be together."
"Why would I do that? So they can breed? Then I'll have..." he stopped midway through his sentence as an idea popped into his head. "How would you like it if I bought your Espeon back from you for triple the price you paid for?"
"Sorry, I don't treat my Pokemon like property. I will however buy the Umbreon off you."
"Fine, but it'll cost extra."
"How much extra?" I asked, not really sure if I want to hear the price for this Eeveelution.
"The Umbreon will cost you $8000." My face grew sad. I only had that much left in my account. If I bought the Umbreon, I'd go broke and lose my house.
"I'm sorry but I can't buy him," I said sadly. I knew it was male from the fact that he whimpered when the Espeon started to leave. Once again he started whimpering, pawing at the cage this time.
"That's it!" the Rocket yelled as he pulled out a whip.
"You better put that away right now!" I yelled. Selling Pokemon for a profit is one thing, but abuse is too far.
"Are you telling me how to take care of the Pokemon in my store?!" I grabbed the whip out of his hand and snapped that same hand with it.
"I DO NOT TOLERATE ABUSE TOWARDS POKEMON! YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME THE UMBREON NOW OR I WILL REPORT YOU FOR NEGLEGANCE AND ABUSE!" Apparently my empty threat worked cause he, with wet pants, went over to the cage and let the Umbreon out. I expected him to attack the employee, but instead he backed farther into the cage.
"G-G-Go see y-y-your n-new trainer," the employee said in a shaky voice, choosing his words and actions carefully. The Dark type slowly crept out of the cage and walked over to me. "C-Come again."
"Oh I will...if I hear you're still abusing Pokemon." Powerful words for such a little man. I walked out of the store, Umbreon and Espeon by my side. "Listen, I wasn't really prepared for this so I didn't bring any Pokeballs with me." They seemed to like the idea of me being without my tools cause they both smiled. I decided to head back home and show my first ever two Pokemon where they'll be living.
"Okay, this is my...I mean our...home," I said as I opened the front door. I stepped in and watched as the two nervously and cautiously entered their new home. Once they were in I shut the door. "I don't want to force you to do anything, but I hope that maybe we can become partners. I have a dream of becoming a Team Rocket member. Once a member, I'm going to change how they act towards Pokemon by rising through the ranks. Once high and strong enough, I'll overthrow Giovanna and become the leader of Team Rocket, forcing them to either disband or change their ways."
"Espi!" Espeon yipped happily, taking my dream to heart. Umbreon just smiled and stayed near Espeon the entire time.
"I need to get translators for you two. It'll be easier to communicate with each other. Also, since I have aided many breeders, I've received many gifts from them. I have a bed for each of you." The both of them smiled and started to rub up against my legs. I slowly bent down and started to pet them. After a few minutes of petting I got up and began working on their beds. The second they were finished my phone rang. I stopped what I was doing and answered it.
"Hi, is this Mike?" the voice asked. It belonged to a female.
"Yes this is," I answered.
"I'm not sure if you remember me. My name is Kimberly. You used to be one of my assistants before you moved."
"I remember you. How are things since I left?"
"The usual. Pokemon to take care of. Team Rocket to deal with. Nothing out of the ordinary."
"Well I encountered a Rocket member today. Jerk was yelling at an Espeon and was going to whip an Umbreon." I heard Kimberly gasp over the phone.
"That's terrible!"
"I know, so that's why I bought them." For the second time in one conversation, I heard a gasp from the other end.
"You finally have your own Pokemon!" I can tell she was happy for me from the way she squealed. It was then that the two Eeveelutions came running out and pawing at my legs, giving little whimpers.
"Yes, and they're pawing my legs right now. I think they're hungry."
"Oh, well I'll let you go so you can feed them. Bye!" She then hung up the phone. I looked down at my Pokemon.
"Are you two hungry?" I asked. They both yipped excitedly. While I walked towards the kitchen they kept raising their front paws off the ground and walking in front of me. "Okay okay. If you don't want me to trip over you or step on you I'm going to need you to stop running in front of me," I said with a smile. Espeon stopped but I guess Umbreon was really hungry, cause he kept getting in my way. Eventually I ended up tripping over him and hitting the floor. Both of them then ran up to me and began mercilessly licking my face. I got back up and arrived into the kitchen and filled two bowls, one black and one purple, with Oran berries and headed to bed, happy to finally have a Pokemon to love and take care of.