Pokémon Red (Book 2)

Rupture

Red's POV

'I am tired', said Lyra, exhausted. 'I can't walk more than this'.

'What ? We've just started', I said, I had all my energy in me, I wasn't tired at all.

'I've been walking since morning, you got here after that', said Lyra. I looked at her, she was perspiring alot.

I thought that she really was tired, maybe we could take a break and stop here. But part of me told that going to the PokeCentre was a better option.

'Okay, let's just find a PokeCentre', I said, agreeing her. 'We can't just stop here, it is really hot outside, while PokeCentres are well air conditioned'.

'Okay, follow me', said Lyra, talking while breathing out.

I followed her as she walked tired, and slowly. The grass was quite tall compared to Route 1. I really missed travelling in Kanto, but Johto was fun too.

On my right, were trees and a strange forest like environment. And on my left, I could see the ocean, but the full view was blocked by the pine trees.

'I think we should take a break, Cherrygrove seems a lot more distance than I thought', I said, stopping.

'Finally, thank you', said Lyra, walking towards a tree that was bigger than the rest.

I walked to her and removed the burden, you call a bag, off of my shoulders. And sat down with my back on the tree. Lyra grabbed out a can that belonged to some soft drink or a juice.

It was probably some soft drink because it had the word cola on the can. After observing carefully, the peach colored can had Pitt Cola written on it, along with a smiling peach below the name.

'Is that a cold drink or something ?', I asked.

'Yes. You don't know what Pitt Cola is ? Maybe, you guys have something else in Kanto', said Lyra, surprised.

'No, we don't', I said, changing my voice to a suspicious tone after seeing something.

My eyes scrolled to the tree and I saw an R written on it. The R was pink in color. I freaked out immediately and couldn't believe that it was here in Johto.

'It can't be, no', I shouted, getting up.

'Whoa, what happened ?', asked Lyra, in a plain voice.

'That's a Team Rocket logo. But how are they in Johto ?', I asked.

'Yeah, I saw two people of Team Rocket, called themselves Cassidy and Bitch', said Lyra, as she explained what happened.

'Cassidy and Butch, huh ? There back then. This tree must have a secret passage underneath, I saw a tree like this back in Kanto, it had a secret base underneath it', I explained.

'Hm, we should find some switch or something that activates it', said Lyra, as she started to touch the bark of the tree.

I started to look here and there on the ground if I could find something but couldn't.

Suddenly, a way opened inside the bark, Lyra looked at me and showed a thumbs up. She jumped inside without fear, so did I.

The slide went in a spiral and we reached inside a base. This one was way more hi-tech than the one in Kanto, the flooring was futuristic. The floor was made up of some kind of metal, and walls were too of the same material.

We could see a corridor that didn't seemed to end. We walked further inside, and a big open room was seen.

'Walk slowly, don't make any sound', I told Lyra, whispering. Lyra nodded.