Muddy motioned towards the aide and the boy, for Cs to follow. "Follow? Why should I?" Of course, Muddy just gave him an annoyed look. "No. And that is my final answer." Then, she pulled out the big gun. She bit him on the head. "Damn, damn, damn, damn, LET GO! I'LL FOLLOW THEM!" And that is what he did.

Louis saw the aide's lab coat and immediately knew that if anyone knew where the lab was, it would be this man. So, rather than arguing about where they were going, he tried to blend in with the group, following along behind the aide. He tried to look deep in thought - if anyone asked how he got here, he might get in trouble, or worse, get sent back home.

The word "lab" set off sparks in Louis's head, but he thought for a moment before agreeing. "Um, what exactly will we be joining you for?" he asked the assistant suspiciously.

Mikayla walked off after the other guys that came by. She looked at the backs of their heads and mentally evaluated them 'Hmm... Bandana-man (Cs), Curly (Jimmy), Scruffy (Louis), Mr. Hat (Jamie), and Clean-cut (Assistant)... should I go with them or go back and taunt the Mankey more?' While Mikayla contemplated this obviously tough choice, Chibi jumped off of her shoulder and went after the guys. Just as Mikayla decided what to do, she noticed Chibi was way up ahead
"Hey! Come back Chibi!" She ran after her Pokemon, and suddenly her face met Bandana-man's back. Mikayla fell on her back and Chibi jumped on her shoulder again
"Ow... Chibi you're evil, you know that?"

"A... Pokedex?" Maikayla said curiously.
"Yeah okay, I'll do it. But why exactly do you want us to record all the Pokemon? Surely there are other people who want to record all of them. Couldn't you just use their data?"

Louis got a disbelieving look on his face as he took the Pokedex. This was the "great professor" he'd heard so much about? "Woah-woah-woah, you want us to see all the pokemon on these islands?" Louis said in further disbelief. "Lemme see if I've got this straight, we find all these pokemon just to help you research? You don't find anything remotely irresponsible about sending teenagers like us to do the dirty work? I mean, are we gonna get paid? 'Cuz I don't even have enough money to get a pokeball or potions for Ralts, and if I did, I probably wouldn't use it on that. Plus you want us to get ferried to the islands on our own cash? If you want me in, I'm gonna be needin' a bit of moolah..." He rubbed his fingers together for a visual.

"Now why would I want to-OW!" Muddy tightened her grip on Cs's head. "I said no-OW! NO! OW!" She then jumped off, and smiled. Cs, on the other hand, wasn't too happy. "On the chance that she might do that again, I'll do the pokedex thing." As he recieved the pokedex, he heard his mission. "Hmmmm......Sounds nice. When will we start?"

Mikayla regarded the Professor with a strange look, but then shrugged and smiled
"Okay then, you got me." she said. Chibi grabbed one of the other Pokedex and gave it to her trainer, who played with the buttons a little bit until it turned on and started talking in an electronic voice
"Sentret, the Scout Pokemon. Sentrets are nervous by nature. They stand up high on their tails to scan the area around it." The sudden noise from the Pokedex startled Sentret who quickly ran behind Mikayla. She laughed and picked up her frightened Pokemon, trying to calm her down
"Aw, poor Chibi. Well, now I know why you're always so shy." Mikayla patted Chibi on the head and the Sentret climbed back on Mikayla's shoulder after a wary glance at the strange little machine
"Hmm, it did that, so what will happen if I do this?" Mikayla pointed the Pokedex at Jimmy's Pidgey, and the Pokedex started talking again
"Pidgey, the Tiny Bird Pokemon. Pidgey tend to avoid conflict, but if disturbed, they can ferociously strike back.
"Ha ha, that's cool!" Mikayla said happily.

Louis was surprised. Free ferry rides? He could travel without having to be a stow-away! He also had enough food to last them all for at least a couple weeks, and as for trainer battles...well, it'd be a good reason to train his Ralts, who needed to work out anyways. And if they could get mart discounts along with that...

Well, it beat anything else he was doing.

"Okay, okay, you got me professor, count me in." he said as he took the fossil carefully. "Where did you find this...?" He said, examining the fossil. He then stashed the Pokedex in his pocket and carefully laid the fossil on the table momentarily. He took off and unzipped his backpack, calling inside, "Sorry Ralts, looks you're gonna be cramped if you still wanna stay in there!" Ralts let out a small, high-pitched sigh and levitated out of the pack. Louis moved some of the canned food to the side and slipped the fossil in, afterwards looking up...

...to see Ralts's mouth hanging as open as it could as he stared at the other pokemon. "Ralts, you okay, man?" Louis called to him, which must have snapped him out of his awe, because he immediately flew back into the pack, only peeking out of it. Louis chuckled, then noticed the three pokeballs he'd been handed by the professor. "Sorry man, you've been evicted. I gotta have room for the pokeballs." he said, smirking. Ralts turned to him, and sent a mental image at him of glaring eyes. "Oh, come on, meet some friends, eh? We'll be with 'em for a while anyway, go ahead and get chummy." Ralts sighed again, and levitated back out of the back, resting beside a table leg. As Louis stashed the pokeballs in the pack and zipped it tight, he took his Pokedex back out and opened it, pointing it at Ralts and pushing the big green button on the flipped up cover.

"Feeling Pokemon. Ralts can sense people's emotions using the horns on its head. It rarely comes before people or pokemon alike, and is naturally shy. It is said to come before cheerful people."

"Heh, was I necessarily 'cheerful' when I found you?" Louis said out of earshot of Ralts.

"Oooh, Pokénip. I wonder....." He reached into the bag, and slowly lifted some out. "I am hungry....." He then quickly stuffed the amount he picked up into his mouth. "Hmmm, tastes pretty decent actually." After his little 'taste test', he put it into his backpack, and whipped out the pokédex. "Hey Blue Fish, come here." As Muddy was used to her master calling her many names, she hopped over to Cs.

The pokédex rang out, "Mudkip, the Mud Fish pokemon. To alert it, the fin on its head senses the flow of water. It has the strength to heft boulders."

Cs's reaction to the pokédex entry was, to stare at her. "I don't want to make that fish angry." Mudkip just grinned.

Louis watched in amusement as the Mudkip's trainer nibbled on the Pokenip. "Hey!" Louis yelled to him after he was done looking up his Mudkip. "If you're hungry, I've got some canned stuff in my pack." He unzipped it and reached in, grabbing a can. "Uh...canned tangerines?" he said questioningly.

Meanwhile, Ralts had begun reading everyone's emotions. Cs was thinking about Mudkip trying to eat him whole, and Mudkip was thinking about how funny it would be to engulf Cs's foot. He liked Mudkip's style, and decided it wouldn't hurt to get chummy. He floated over to her. "Ral." he said, which in its "language" was a kind of "Hi."

"Canned tangerines? What the hell....? Why would people want to can tangerines?" And then Cs started to rant.

As Cs started to rant, Muddy noticed the Ralts come near her. It said something, which roughly translated to "Hi." Muddy turned to see the Ralts. Green helmet, red horns, and a white dress. A normal Ralts. Muddy thought. Hmmmmm....

"Mudkip mud. Mudkip." which in its own 'language' meant, "Hello, I am Muddy. What are you normally called?"

About that time, Cs stopped ranting. "I need to try these tangerines for myself."

"Eh, guess it's so they stay fresh?" Louis said, but it was lost in the rant. By the time he was done, Louis had already opened the can and eaten a few tangerines himself.

"I need to try these tangerines myself." Cs said, and Louis handed him the can.

In the mean time, Ralts tried to keep up the conversation, one of the first he'd had for a while with another pokemon. "Ralts." it said, translating to "Just Ralts." He read Muddy's emotions a bit more. "Ral alts alt ralts?" he said - "So, why do you wanna go along with the whole Pokedex-journey thing?"

"Hmmmm......" He picked one out, and swallowed it. "Hmmmm......Sweet, juicy, I will have more." Cs quickly ate the rest of them, and tossed the can backwards, where it landed in a trash can. "Yes."

Muddy simply smiled. "Mudkip kip mud mud kip." she said, translating to, "It isn't so much of me wanting to, as it is to me wanting Cs to go. I feel as he needs to do something like that."

Then, out of nowhere, Cs said, "Hey Muddy, what are you doing? Chatting with a Ralts, of who I do not know?"

Just as the room had become calm, the door of the laboratory flung open with a looud bang. "Hey, Doc! We hear you got yourself a nice little fossil...could I see it?" A man wearing a long cape approached the group, his boots made echoing 'ticks' on the marble floor. "Well? Hand it over."
"Gramps, who is this guy?"
The Professor glared at the man. "I don't know what you're talking about."
The man's smile quickly turned to a frown as he thrusted his arm out, knocking everything that was once on the desk onto the floor. "Lies! Now give me the fossil!" The Professor gave Louis a look as if to say to run. "Do it..." The man glanced to Jimmy and wrapped his arm around his neck, holding him tightly. "Or this kid won't be leaving alive..." A long purple snake slithered out of his sleeve and wrapped itself around Jimmy.
"What's this thing?" With his little leverage, he managed to take out his Pokedex.
Ekans. The snake pokemon. It sneaks through grass without making a sound and strikes unsuspecting prey from behind.
This isn't good... Pidgey hopped at it, looking as if to attack. As it approached, Ekans opened it's mouth, threateningly and hissed loudly at it. Pidgey hopped back, afraid.


Name: Isaac
Personality: Dark and Mysterious, he formed the dreaded Team Kaos from just a few lone bandit, but soon made it into something huge. Nobody quite knows him, nor wants to. All he has with him is his faithful Ekans. He has more pokemon, but they are rarely seen.
Age: 19
Appearance:
History: Nothing is known of him before the birth of Team Kaos.

Pokemon:
Nickname: Kain
Personality: Loyal and powerful, Kain will do anything to please his master, even if it means to do something he completely disagrees with.
Moveset:
Poison Fang
Leer
Sludge Bomb
Dig
Anything else we should know about you or your pokemon: Many times, Kain will be told to dso things he does not agree with, in these situations, Isaac will use his followers to accomplish his plans.

NOTE: The moveset will vary depending on how far in we get.

Louis looked up at the situation. As much as the professor may want him to run, the idea of this kid dying wasn't cool with him. Fortunately, his pack was zipped up and it was unlikely the guy would find the fossil. And luckily, he had Ralts on his side. But this wasn't like the situation at the dock - if he told Ralts to use Confusion, the Ekans would probably kill Jimmy. So...

Time to test that mental connection.

Louis closed his eyes in order to focus on that mental image Ralts had sent him earlier. He focused on the source of that image, tried to open a path to that source with his mind, then thought, as hard as he could:

Ralts! Confusion on the weird guy and the Ekans!

He unfocused it all and looked down at Ralts, who looked up at him in amazement just before going into his own focused state, using Confusion on the pair in front of him.

((Very nice twist, I must say. ))

As the man held Jimmy, Kain began to twist and writhe, almost uncontrollably. "Kain, what is....gahhhh!" He let go, holding his hands over his head. "What the....that Ralts!" He sneered and slowly got back to his feet, wabbling back and forth. "Please...that may work on a pokemon but the effects won't be nearly as bad on a human..." He could feel his mind and body weakening as he resisted the attack. "Looks like you don't have it afterall..." He knelt down, almost falling, and picked up Kain then looked down at Jimmy. "We'll meet again...don't you worry." He eyes shone a dark purple, almost haunting. The man casually turned around and left the laboratory as if nothing had happened. The door slammed hard.

As soon as he left, the professor went to the kids. "Are you all okay?"
"Yeah Gramps...but who was that?"
"His name is Isaac...he was a student of mine some years ago...but you shouldn't worry. He knows not to do anything on this island...but in the future...please be careful of him. He's a very dangerous person." The professor got up and smiled brightly. "Okay! Well I guess you should all be on your way now!" He started to wave.

Gramps.....you're....insane....

The Professor quickly pushed the group out of the lab and shut the door tightly.
"Sorry...he's kind of wierd sometimes...so...any ideas?" Jimmy turned to Mikayla. "You have the map afterall. Besides...I'm not quite sure where the next town is..."

Okay...from now on I'll be listing the current route and all the pokemon found there--
Route 1~





Night ~




EDIT: As of today, 2x4b is hereby booted. I apologize for for this action, but it has been a week.

Louis glared at the lab door. "Jeez..." he said, intrigued by how utterly uncaring Jimmy's grandpa could be. He shook his head and turned to the sign in front of him:
__________
|<- Dock---|
|Route 1 ->|

"Well, looks like there's only one way to go from here." he said, immediately beginning to walk in the direction of Route 1, oblivious to his group behind him.


((Sorry I'm posting so much, I really don't want this RP to die. ))

(I'm back! I'm soo sorry for being inactive, but my monitor crashed, so we had to get a new one.)

Mikayla and Chibi were still shaken up after the dark guy came in, so she hesitated when Jimmy asked her about their next destination and was cut off before she bagan by Louis. When he stormed off, she regained her senses and yelled after him
"Hey Scruffy! Wait for the rest of us, will ya?!" She quickly ran to catch up with him, only to trip over a small figure
"Oww... what the?" the figure she had tripped over revealed itself to be a small bird. But just as she got up, the bird glared at her angrily and the Pokedex flashed in her pocket
"Spearow, the Tiny Bird Pokemon. Like Pidgey, they are very common in various regions. However, Spearow are very tempermental and won't hesitate to attack Pokemon or humans."
"Wha-?" Mikayla uttered before the Spearow started flying towards her and Chibi, which Mikayla responded to by running as fast as she could with Chibi clinging on for dear life. Not too soon after she started running, she looked behind her and saw that the Spearow summoned a few of its friends
"Why do the violent ones always go after meeeeee!!" Mikayla cried as she ran for dear life.