Bits and Bytes

     Leaving Silph Company, I knew what I had to do. Find Blaine. He was the key. The man I thought was my friend. I had to find him but first, there was a gym I had to beat.

     Next door to the company was the local gym. The gym leader was named Sabrina and she trained in Psychic. A type I wasn't familiar with.

     I walked in and approached her. No games. No tricks. No invisible walls. Nothing. Just us in this tiny room. Maybe she was going to be the easiest yet.

Yeah I was afraid of that.

Here we go..

     I took out Tyson and she brought out her Alakazam. I had him attempt to punch it but for some reason he just stood there and wouldn't attack. Alakazam took some shots with the two spoons he wields and Tyson was on his last legs. Thankfully, I called him back in the nick of time. Strange. Sabrina stared at me. Almost mad I took him out of the battle.

     Tyson had had enough and I decided to go with Tsunami. My one friend I could trust in this world. He walked right up to Alakazam and broke the spoons from his hands and punch and blasted him with his water cannons until he was moving no more.

     Sabrina acknowledged her defeat, but without any warning the gym became a cave and she became a blue bird. How very.. odd. I tried to communicate with her but she wouldn't speak.

Caw CAW! Cheep cheep? Cuckokacha?

     Was this world breaking down around me? I had to get out as soon as possible and my next stop was to find Blaine and I had no idea where to find him. I did have one person I could ask though. "Oak. Professor Oak could lead me to him. I just have to fly back there." I let Excalibird out and put a very confused Tsunami away and we made our way from this strange Island to Pallet Town.

     I went back to where it all began and I found the old lab, the Professor was inside. "Where is Blaine, Oak? I need to find him." Oak turned and smiled, "Welcome back Glenn. It's been a long time". By now it had been six months in this world, too long. "May I see your Pokémon? Here, let me take a look. I'll tell you about Blaine, just let me see your team." I got them out of their balls and I knew he wouldn't try anything with all six out and in full force.

What are you a professor of exactly?

     "Yes.. yes. I see. Very good. You have done well, better than most. Let me tell you about Blaine. He is one of the last of our kind. He is an NPC who knows the system and the game. He wanted to test you. He wanted to push you and he wanted to see if you were worthy of beating this game. Yes."

     "What makes me special?" I asked. "Look at your bond with these creatures! You need more reason than that? You have a gift of making these bits and bytes friendly toward you. You have a very unique gift. Speaking of gifts, have a few of these." He handed out a few candies to each of my team and Smaug began to glow just like before.

...

You have arms, and legs, and wings!

     "Blaine is to the south of Pallet Town. Find him and win!" "Will do." I put away my team, hoped onto Tsunami, and surfed South, ready for a fight.