TF: Nuzlocke Fire Red 1
As I said before, the challenge came to life and dumped a huge ass plot on my head (along with a confused and traumatized Shockwave). It'll basically be consisting of three nuzlocke challenges from three games, Fire Red, Emerald, and Platinum. Here's to hoping I can keep things interesting for that long. *crosses fingers* I wonder if anyone will recognize the two other people at the end of this chapter.
"Gary, I'm heading out to the Tangela patch. Would you like to come with me?"
A man in his senior years stood at the doorway of a house in a small town, tapping his finger on the knob as he waited for an answer. His hair was fully grey and there were some wrinkles on his face, but his eyes were sharp and bright. He was wearing brown slacks and a purple polo shirt with a white lab coat.
A young boy with orange-brown spiky hair, a black shirt and purple cargo pants ran down the stairs of the house. "Wait for me, Gramps!" He shouted as he shot out the door past the man. The man merely chuckled in amusement at his grandson's energy as he closed the door and walked after the youth.
They walked past a large laboratory towards a white fence that separated the town from a patch of tall grass by the sea. The man opened up the gate in the fence and leaned against it, pulling a notepad and pencil from his pocket and scrutinizing the grass.
Gary hopped up onto the fence and and his eyes narrowed as he peered at the grass with the same intensity. His eyes suddenly widened and with a triumphant cry he pointed towards the northeastern corner. There, shaking the grass ever so slightly, was what looked like a knotted bundle of blue seaweed with eyes and feet.
"Good work, Gary," the man said as he started writing notes. "If we can keep finding more Tangela, we'll be able to document their behavior in sunny weather."
The minutes past, both grandfather and grandson finding more Tangela to watch and document. While the man was looking over his notes, Gary suddenly noticed something off about the Tangela. They had all frozen in their activities, vines quivering as if they had suddenly gotten cold. "Gramps...?"
The man looked up from his notes and noticed the Tangela. "That's strange...."
As suddenly as they had frozen in their tracks, the Tangela burst into panic, scampering around as their vines whipped themselves into frenzies. A worried expression grew on the man's face as the majority of them fled into the nearby trees. "Something's wrong. Gary, I want you to go to the lab and--"
A loud crack like thunder interrupted him and he turned to see a large orb of blue energy hovering a few feet over the grass. Rocks and pieces of metal started flying out of the orb in all directions, growing larger the longer the orb hung there.
"Gary, get down!" The man flung himself at Gary, dragging him off the fence and curling over him to protect him from stray debris. They lay there as the minutes stretched out, the sounds of items hitting the ground growing larger with the size of the items. The man jerked when he heard a high-pitched scream that ended in a grunt, and then there was another deafening crack and the air was flooded with silence.
He let Gary crawl out from underneath him as he slowly stretched up to peek over the fence. The area was a mess, the ground and half the grass torn up by boulders and twisted chunks of metal. There didn't seem to be anything else out there, but he was sure he had a heard a scream....
"Hello?" He called out. "Is anybody out there?"
There! A patch of grass that hadn't been destroyed rustled as a head--a human head--peeked up. It a girl, who looked just a little younger than Gary, with tan skin, brown eyes and dark red-brown hair that was gathered up in two pigtails. She froze when she saw the man, her eyes clouded with fear and confusion.
He stepped forward slowly, holding his hands out where she could see them. "It's alright," he said in a calm voice. "I'm here to help you. Are you hurt?"
She slowly shook her head and started to get up when the grass in front of her started rustling. A swath of blue vines appeared in front of her and looked up at her with beady eyes. "Gela?"
Her eyes were wide and her mouth hung slightly open as she stared at the Tangela for a few seconds, before she started screaming and hastily crawling away from the it. The Tangela also started panicking, tripping over its vines as it hurried to join the others in the trees.
"It's alright, it's alright, it's not going to hurt you," the man said as he hurried over to calm the girl down. "Do you know what happened to you?"
"Well, I-I was heading into the Decepticons' hideout with the Autobots to find Bulkhead and my dad, and it turns out that they were making a space bridge to invade Cybertron, and--"
"Wait, wait, hold on," the man interrupted. Decepticons? Autobots? "Er, why don't we start with the basics. I'm Professor Oak. What's your name, my dear?"
"Sari."
"Oh, that's alright. People sometimes get over-excited after a significant event."
"No, I mean my name is Sari."
"Oh. Well, anyways," Oak looked back to see Gary walking into the grass. "This is my grandson, Gary."
"Woah," Gary said, nudging his foot at something in the grass. "What is that?"
It happened to be what looked like some kind of human-sized robot. It was painted light grey and black with teal accents, and its shoulders and lower legs looked like they were made of tank treads. There were three large claws on each of its hands, and in place of what would be ears on a human were two long antennae that looked vaguely like antlers. The creepiest thing about it, however, was that it didn't have a face, just a splotch of black where the face should have been.
Sari stepped back with a gasp when she saw the robot. "Shockwave," she muttered, eying it apprehensively.
"You know this robot?" Oak asked.
"Professor!" A shout cut Sari off before she could answer. Oak turned to see a heavy set young man and a girl barely out of her toddler years at the fence. The man looked at the mess in astonishment. "What happened here?"
"I'm not quite sure yet, Steve," Oak answered. "Could you come help me? We found something that we need to take to my lab."
"You're not actually going to bring a Decepticon along, are you?" Sari asked in disbelief.
"I would like to take a closer look at it," Oak said, "and the equipment I would need to do that is too big to take out of the lab. Would you like to come? One of my assistants can look you over for injuries, and you can tell me about that orb that spit you out here."
Sari chewed on her lip as she mulled the offer over. "Alright," she answered before pointing to Shockwave, "as long as I don't have to be anywhere near him when he reboots."
"Alright," Oak agreed as he grabbed Shockwave under his shoulders. "Perhaps, while we're carrying this to the lab, you can start by telling me what a 'Decepticon' is...."
"Gary, I'm heading out to the Tangela patch. Would you like to come with me?"
A man in his senior years stood at the doorway of a house in a small town, tapping his finger on the knob as he waited for an answer. His hair was fully grey and there were some wrinkles on his face, but his eyes were sharp and bright. He was wearing brown slacks and a purple polo shirt with a white lab coat.
A young boy with orange-brown spiky hair, a black shirt and purple cargo pants ran down the stairs of the house. "Wait for me, Gramps!" He shouted as he shot out the door past the man. The man merely chuckled in amusement at his grandson's energy as he closed the door and walked after the youth.
They walked past a large laboratory towards a white fence that separated the town from a patch of tall grass by the sea. The man opened up the gate in the fence and leaned against it, pulling a notepad and pencil from his pocket and scrutinizing the grass.
Gary hopped up onto the fence and and his eyes narrowed as he peered at the grass with the same intensity. His eyes suddenly widened and with a triumphant cry he pointed towards the northeastern corner. There, shaking the grass ever so slightly, was what looked like a knotted bundle of blue seaweed with eyes and feet.
"Good work, Gary," the man said as he started writing notes. "If we can keep finding more Tangela, we'll be able to document their behavior in sunny weather."
The minutes past, both grandfather and grandson finding more Tangela to watch and document. While the man was looking over his notes, Gary suddenly noticed something off about the Tangela. They had all frozen in their activities, vines quivering as if they had suddenly gotten cold. "Gramps...?"
The man looked up from his notes and noticed the Tangela. "That's strange...."
As suddenly as they had frozen in their tracks, the Tangela burst into panic, scampering around as their vines whipped themselves into frenzies. A worried expression grew on the man's face as the majority of them fled into the nearby trees. "Something's wrong. Gary, I want you to go to the lab and--"
A loud crack like thunder interrupted him and he turned to see a large orb of blue energy hovering a few feet over the grass. Rocks and pieces of metal started flying out of the orb in all directions, growing larger the longer the orb hung there.
"Gary, get down!" The man flung himself at Gary, dragging him off the fence and curling over him to protect him from stray debris. They lay there as the minutes stretched out, the sounds of items hitting the ground growing larger with the size of the items. The man jerked when he heard a high-pitched scream that ended in a grunt, and then there was another deafening crack and the air was flooded with silence.
He let Gary crawl out from underneath him as he slowly stretched up to peek over the fence. The area was a mess, the ground and half the grass torn up by boulders and twisted chunks of metal. There didn't seem to be anything else out there, but he was sure he had a heard a scream....
"Hello?" He called out. "Is anybody out there?"
There! A patch of grass that hadn't been destroyed rustled as a head--a human head--peeked up. It a girl, who looked just a little younger than Gary, with tan skin, brown eyes and dark red-brown hair that was gathered up in two pigtails. She froze when she saw the man, her eyes clouded with fear and confusion.
He stepped forward slowly, holding his hands out where she could see them. "It's alright," he said in a calm voice. "I'm here to help you. Are you hurt?"
She slowly shook her head and started to get up when the grass in front of her started rustling. A swath of blue vines appeared in front of her and looked up at her with beady eyes. "Gela?"
Her eyes were wide and her mouth hung slightly open as she stared at the Tangela for a few seconds, before she started screaming and hastily crawling away from the it. The Tangela also started panicking, tripping over its vines as it hurried to join the others in the trees.
"It's alright, it's alright, it's not going to hurt you," the man said as he hurried over to calm the girl down. "Do you know what happened to you?"
"Well, I-I was heading into the Decepticons' hideout with the Autobots to find Bulkhead and my dad, and it turns out that they were making a space bridge to invade Cybertron, and--"
"Wait, wait, hold on," the man interrupted. Decepticons? Autobots? "Er, why don't we start with the basics. I'm Professor Oak. What's your name, my dear?"
"Sari."
"Oh, that's alright. People sometimes get over-excited after a significant event."
"No, I mean my name is Sari."
"Oh. Well, anyways," Oak looked back to see Gary walking into the grass. "This is my grandson, Gary."
"Woah," Gary said, nudging his foot at something in the grass. "What is that?"
It happened to be what looked like some kind of human-sized robot. It was painted light grey and black with teal accents, and its shoulders and lower legs looked like they were made of tank treads. There were three large claws on each of its hands, and in place of what would be ears on a human were two long antennae that looked vaguely like antlers. The creepiest thing about it, however, was that it didn't have a face, just a splotch of black where the face should have been.
Sari stepped back with a gasp when she saw the robot. "Shockwave," she muttered, eying it apprehensively.
"You know this robot?" Oak asked.
"Professor!" A shout cut Sari off before she could answer. Oak turned to see a heavy set young man and a girl barely out of her toddler years at the fence. The man looked at the mess in astonishment. "What happened here?"
"I'm not quite sure yet, Steve," Oak answered. "Could you come help me? We found something that we need to take to my lab."
"You're not actually going to bring a Decepticon along, are you?" Sari asked in disbelief.
"I would like to take a closer look at it," Oak said, "and the equipment I would need to do that is too big to take out of the lab. Would you like to come? One of my assistants can look you over for injuries, and you can tell me about that orb that spit you out here."
Sari chewed on her lip as she mulled the offer over. "Alright," she answered before pointing to Shockwave, "as long as I don't have to be anywhere near him when he reboots."
"Alright," Oak agreed as he grabbed Shockwave under his shoulders. "Perhaps, while we're carrying this to the lab, you can start by telling me what a 'Decepticon' is...."