Swampert_trainer
Laughs at thunder
Chapter 3: The two professors
“Uncle Joe, we’re back!” Jenna shouted as the two trainers entered the lobby of Professor Elm’s Pokemon laboratory.
Once again Jenna was leading the way; it was obvious that she was not use to following the leads of others. Despite her short temper it seemed as if being independent was one of her strong points.
Ace followed closely behind Jenna; his Cyndaquil was still riding on his shoulder. “The professor is probably back in the lab area with his assistant” Ace said as they made their way towards the automatic doors that lead to the lab area.
The doors opened and the two trainers entered. In the room were three men; the green haired assistant who was called Allegro, the brown haired professor Joseph Elm, and a grey haired man who was also wearing a lab coat.
The mysterious man turned towards the two trainers and smiled. “Oh, you two must be the trainers that my protégé here asked to go after that pesky Noctowl”. The man wore a red polo shirt underneath his white lab coat and a pair of tan slacks. “It was very kind of you to help, but the question is whether or not you managed to catch the Noctowl.”
Ace’s mouth was wide open and he looked as if he couldn’t believe his eyes. “N-no way” Ace said in disbelief as he stared at the new arrival.
Jenna gave Ace a sidelong look. “Hello, earth to Ace” the girl was snapping her fingers in front of Ace’s face, trying to get his attention. “What’s with that look? You weren’t even that impressed when you first laid eyes on me so why is this old guy so important?” Jenna sounded as if her ego was bruised.
“Jenna, do you know who this man is?” Ace asked excitedly. “He’s the Professor Oak!” Ace looked as if he was about to burst. He was now bouncing up and down and there was no sign that he was about to stop.
“I’ve never heard of Professor Oak before, but I never imagined you to be the type to get star struck” Jenna replied incredulously.
Though Jenna had just met Ace, she had thought that he was a bit more down to earth than this. She never imagined that he would get so excited over a television star or whatever this Professor Oak guy was.
“You’ve never heard of Professor Oak?” now it was Ace’s turn to sound incredulous. “He’s one of the leading Pokemon researchers in the whole world!”
Ace was truly showing his fan boy side now as he began to list all of Professor Oak’s many achievements.
“Oh and that’s not to mention the fact that he’s the inventor of the Pokedex!” Ace said exasperatedly. He looked tired and was sweating slightly.
Professor Oak cleared his throat, causing the two trainers to turn towards him. “Actually, the Pokedex is the reason I am here right now.” Professor Oak pointed to a suite case on the high-tech podium which a few hours prior had held the pokeballs containing the starter Pokemon they had chosen.
Jenna raised an eyebrow “I don’t get it, what’s a Pokedex?” The girl asked.
Professor Oak walked over to the suite case and opened it, revealing two high-tech looking devices. “The Pokedex is basically an electronic encyclopedia that contains information on all the Pokemon you might meet in this region.” Professor Oak smiled at the two trainers “These are the newest models and I want you two to have them.”
Ace looked as if he was about to burst with excitement. “You’re giving me a Pokedex?” Ace ran forward and hugged the grey haired professor. “Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!”
Professor Oak laughed. “You’re quite welcome…erm, I didn’t catch your name”
Ace released the professor and smiled. “Oh, I’m Ace Gold”
“Nice to meet you Ace.” Professor Oak looked over at Jenna “And what is your name?”
Jenna, who was playing with a pink Pokedex she had taken from the suite case, looked over at the professor. “I’m Jenna Crystal” Jenna’s finger hit the blue button on the front of the Pokedex and it flipped open. “So that’s how you open it…” Jenna turned her attention back to the Pokedex.
Ace walked over to the suite case and took the remaining Pokedex. It was red and had the same blue button that Jenna’s had, the one that was used to open the Pokedex. “Whoa, my very own Pokedex” Ace said in amazement.
At that moment Professor Elm stepped forward and cleared his throat. “Excuse me you two, but I really must know, did you manage to catch Noctowl?” It was obvious that Professor Elm was nervous; the suspense must have been too much for him.
Ace smiled and reached into his pocket from which he pulled out the pokeball that held the recently caught Noctowl. “Yeah professor, we’ve got it right here.” Ace held out the pokeball and gave it to the professor.
Elm smiled and took the pokeball from Ace. “I cannot tell you how much this means to me. Months of research would have been wasted if Noctowl had managed to escape.” Elm turned towards his green haired assistant “Allegro, could you take Noctowl to the healing machine and give him a quick check up?”
Allegro stepped forward and took the pokeball from Professor Elm. “Of course,” Allegro turned towards Ace and Jenna “and I’d be happy to take your Pokemon and heal them for you. They must be tired from today’s journey.”
Jenna shrugged and took Chikorita’s pokeball from her pocket and handed it to Allegro. “Take good care of her okay? She got hurt fighting against that Noctowl.”
Allegro and Professor Elm looked at Jenna with matching expressions of shock. Obviously they were not use to Jenna expressing concern for others.
Allegro nodded “Of course. I’ll have her healed in no time.” The green haired assistant turned towards Ace. “And I’ll take Cyndaquil as well.”
Ace took a pokeball from his pocket and pointed it at the now sleeping Cyndaquil on his shoulder. The young trainer pressed the button on the center of the pokeball and a red laser emerged, pulling Cyndaquil back into the pokeball. “Okay, take good care of him.” Ace handed the pokeball to Allegro.
Allegro nodded and took the three pokeballs to an adjacent room.
Professor Elm turned towards Ace and Jenna. “It’s a good thing Professor Oak’s Dragonite was fast enough to fly him here to give you your Pokedexes” the brown haired professor said.
“Oh, so that was your Dragonite?” Ace turned towards Professor Oak and smiled. “I could tell that he’s really powerful.”
Professor Oak smiled before he replied. “Yes, that Dragonite of mine is quite the power house. I’m sure on your journey you’ll capture some great Pokemon and you’ll become strong together as a team.”
Ace smiled “I think so too.” The black haired trainer slipped his new Pokedex into his pocket.
Professor Elm looked over at Jenna. “Jenna, I think you should travel with Ace.” The brown haired professor said abruptly.
Ace and Jenna both looked at Professor Elm with shocked looks on their faces.
Jenna shook her head. “No way, you know what I’m trying to do and I can’t have some stranger tagging along with me.” Jenna looked angry at her uncle for even suggesting this.
Professor Elm looked at Jenna sternly. “I know exactly why you’re going on this journey and I think it would be better if you go with Ace.” The professor said. “Ace will be challenging gym leaders, which will cause him to stop every now and then for training and challenges,” Elm began “and if you go with him, this will allow you to stop and maybe find some clues you wouldn’t have found if you just ran around with no real goal.”
Jenna’s face was now red with anger. “I don’t have time to go slow. It’s been years since he went missing and I’ve already wasted enough time getting mom and dad to let me travel!” Now Jenna was shouting.
Professor Elm looked angry now as well. “And if your brother, as powerful as he was, fell victim to those people, what chance do you think you have of dealing with them?”
At that moment Ace remembered something Jenna had said earlier that day as they were looking for Noctowl. “Not like it’s any of your business, but I have a goal I want to complete and to do that I need to travel.”
Tears were now forming in Jenna’s eyes. “I don’t know how I’m going to deal with those people!” she shouted “I don’t even know how I’m going to find them, but I have to try!”
Ace looked at Jenna. “Well if these people are dangerous, you’ll need some strong Pokemon partners to help you out.” Ace said cautiously. “And if we travel together, I’m sure we’ll meet lots of Pokemon and we’ll have a lot of chances to train with them.” Ace wasn’t sure if he liked the idea of traveling with Jenna, but he knew he didn’t want her going after these ‘dangerous people’ be herself. She was strong, that Ace could tell, but she was also rash and obviously emotional. Ace thought that she might need someone to keep her level headed.
Jenna looked over at Ace and laughed humorlessly. “You really want to travel with me?” she asked. “Either you’re really brave or really stupid, but then again you don’t know the dangers I might have to endure.”
Ace swallowed some of the bile that had formed in his throat. He seemed to be getting in way over his head, but it was obvious that nothing anyone said would stop Jenna from going on this journey of hers. “If you’re going, then I’m going too.” Ace said. He hoped he sounded more confident than he felt. “Of course, I’ll need to know more about what you’re doing. Like whom you’re looking for and why.”
Jenna examined Ace for a few moments, as if she was trying to determine if he was serious or not, and then she allowed her lips to form into a thin smile. “Okay, we can travel together. I’ll explain more later, I promise.”
At that moment, Allegro returned from the other room carrying the three pokeballs on a tray. “All three Pokemon are healed and ready for action. Though I suppose the only action Noctowl will be seeing is lab work.” Allegro said.
Professor Elm looked at Ace, then the tray of pokeballs, and then at Ace again. “Ace, I want to give you something to show my gratitude.” Professor Elm said. “Not only did you catch Noctowl, but you have agreed to help my niece, which is a huge relief to me.” Professor Elm smiled before continuing. “You have proven to be a responsible and reliable young man, so I’m sure you’ll take good care of this gift”. The professor grabbed one of the pokeballs from the tray and handed it to Ace, along with the pokeball that contained his Cyndaquil. “I want you to keep Noctowl.”
Allegro looked stunned. “Professor, what about our research?” he said in a whiny voice.
Professor Elm laughed. “What better way is there to research the abilities of Noctowl than have him travel with a trainer? Ace can give us reports on Noctowl’s growth whenever he finds the time.”
Ace’s expression was a mixture of shock and elation. “Thank you so much professor!” Ace smiled before shouting “Alright, I caught Noctowl!”
Jenna rolled her eyes and took the pokeball containing her Chikorita from the tray; she placed the pokeball in her pocket. “Okay Ace, I’m going to go say goodbye to my parents. Meet me at the outskirts of town in a few minutes.” And with that, Jenna turned and exited the lab.
Ace turned to leave, but was stopped by Professor Oak. “Before you leave Ace, let me tell you something about your Pokedex.” Oak stopped for a second before continuing. “Your Pokedex, along with Jenna’s, is part of a set of three. Professor Elm gave the other Pokedex to a trainer who came earlier to receive a starter Pokemon.” Oak smiled. “Your Pokedex will beep when you get near another Pokedex of the set, though since you and Jenna will be traveling together, your Pokedexes will synchronize so that they will be use to being around each other.”
Ace nodded at this new information. “Okay, so I can use this to meet up with the other Pokedex owner, but why do our Pokedexes do this?” Ace asked curiously.
Oak smiled. “All Pokedexes are part of a set of three. It’s to foster a sense of companionship between Pokedex holders. I’ll be interested in learning how things turn out between you and the other Pokedex holder. By the way, do you have a Pokegear?”
Ace nodded slowly; he was confused by the sudden shift in conversation.
“May I see it?” Oak asked with his hand out stretched.
Ace took the Pokegear off his wrist and handed it the professor.
Oak took the Pokegear and played around with it for a few seconds. “There, now my phone number is in your phonebook. I also took the liberty of programming Professor Elm’s number.” Oak handed Ace the Pokegear.
Ace looked excited, but managed to control his fan boy urges. “Thanks a lot professor!” Ace strapped the Pokegear onto his left wrist and smiled. “I’ll be sure to keep in contact with all of you.” Ace said to the two professors and Allegro. Ace then turned and ran out of the lab.
Professor Elm chuckled. “That boy certainly is filled with energy” he said after Ace had left the lab.
“Yes, but he reminds me of another young trainer I know.” Professor Oak said with a smile on his face. “I wonder if Ace can go as far as that trainer has.”
“Uncle Joe, we’re back!” Jenna shouted as the two trainers entered the lobby of Professor Elm’s Pokemon laboratory.
Once again Jenna was leading the way; it was obvious that she was not use to following the leads of others. Despite her short temper it seemed as if being independent was one of her strong points.
Ace followed closely behind Jenna; his Cyndaquil was still riding on his shoulder. “The professor is probably back in the lab area with his assistant” Ace said as they made their way towards the automatic doors that lead to the lab area.
The doors opened and the two trainers entered. In the room were three men; the green haired assistant who was called Allegro, the brown haired professor Joseph Elm, and a grey haired man who was also wearing a lab coat.
The mysterious man turned towards the two trainers and smiled. “Oh, you two must be the trainers that my protégé here asked to go after that pesky Noctowl”. The man wore a red polo shirt underneath his white lab coat and a pair of tan slacks. “It was very kind of you to help, but the question is whether or not you managed to catch the Noctowl.”
Ace’s mouth was wide open and he looked as if he couldn’t believe his eyes. “N-no way” Ace said in disbelief as he stared at the new arrival.
Jenna gave Ace a sidelong look. “Hello, earth to Ace” the girl was snapping her fingers in front of Ace’s face, trying to get his attention. “What’s with that look? You weren’t even that impressed when you first laid eyes on me so why is this old guy so important?” Jenna sounded as if her ego was bruised.
“Jenna, do you know who this man is?” Ace asked excitedly. “He’s the Professor Oak!” Ace looked as if he was about to burst. He was now bouncing up and down and there was no sign that he was about to stop.
“I’ve never heard of Professor Oak before, but I never imagined you to be the type to get star struck” Jenna replied incredulously.
Though Jenna had just met Ace, she had thought that he was a bit more down to earth than this. She never imagined that he would get so excited over a television star or whatever this Professor Oak guy was.
“You’ve never heard of Professor Oak?” now it was Ace’s turn to sound incredulous. “He’s one of the leading Pokemon researchers in the whole world!”
Ace was truly showing his fan boy side now as he began to list all of Professor Oak’s many achievements.
“Oh and that’s not to mention the fact that he’s the inventor of the Pokedex!” Ace said exasperatedly. He looked tired and was sweating slightly.
Professor Oak cleared his throat, causing the two trainers to turn towards him. “Actually, the Pokedex is the reason I am here right now.” Professor Oak pointed to a suite case on the high-tech podium which a few hours prior had held the pokeballs containing the starter Pokemon they had chosen.
Jenna raised an eyebrow “I don’t get it, what’s a Pokedex?” The girl asked.
Professor Oak walked over to the suite case and opened it, revealing two high-tech looking devices. “The Pokedex is basically an electronic encyclopedia that contains information on all the Pokemon you might meet in this region.” Professor Oak smiled at the two trainers “These are the newest models and I want you two to have them.”
Ace looked as if he was about to burst with excitement. “You’re giving me a Pokedex?” Ace ran forward and hugged the grey haired professor. “Oh thank you, thank you, thank you!”
Professor Oak laughed. “You’re quite welcome…erm, I didn’t catch your name”
Ace released the professor and smiled. “Oh, I’m Ace Gold”
“Nice to meet you Ace.” Professor Oak looked over at Jenna “And what is your name?”
Jenna, who was playing with a pink Pokedex she had taken from the suite case, looked over at the professor. “I’m Jenna Crystal” Jenna’s finger hit the blue button on the front of the Pokedex and it flipped open. “So that’s how you open it…” Jenna turned her attention back to the Pokedex.
Ace walked over to the suite case and took the remaining Pokedex. It was red and had the same blue button that Jenna’s had, the one that was used to open the Pokedex. “Whoa, my very own Pokedex” Ace said in amazement.
At that moment Professor Elm stepped forward and cleared his throat. “Excuse me you two, but I really must know, did you manage to catch Noctowl?” It was obvious that Professor Elm was nervous; the suspense must have been too much for him.
Ace smiled and reached into his pocket from which he pulled out the pokeball that held the recently caught Noctowl. “Yeah professor, we’ve got it right here.” Ace held out the pokeball and gave it to the professor.
Elm smiled and took the pokeball from Ace. “I cannot tell you how much this means to me. Months of research would have been wasted if Noctowl had managed to escape.” Elm turned towards his green haired assistant “Allegro, could you take Noctowl to the healing machine and give him a quick check up?”
Allegro stepped forward and took the pokeball from Professor Elm. “Of course,” Allegro turned towards Ace and Jenna “and I’d be happy to take your Pokemon and heal them for you. They must be tired from today’s journey.”
Jenna shrugged and took Chikorita’s pokeball from her pocket and handed it to Allegro. “Take good care of her okay? She got hurt fighting against that Noctowl.”
Allegro and Professor Elm looked at Jenna with matching expressions of shock. Obviously they were not use to Jenna expressing concern for others.
Allegro nodded “Of course. I’ll have her healed in no time.” The green haired assistant turned towards Ace. “And I’ll take Cyndaquil as well.”
Ace took a pokeball from his pocket and pointed it at the now sleeping Cyndaquil on his shoulder. The young trainer pressed the button on the center of the pokeball and a red laser emerged, pulling Cyndaquil back into the pokeball. “Okay, take good care of him.” Ace handed the pokeball to Allegro.
Allegro nodded and took the three pokeballs to an adjacent room.
Professor Elm turned towards Ace and Jenna. “It’s a good thing Professor Oak’s Dragonite was fast enough to fly him here to give you your Pokedexes” the brown haired professor said.
“Oh, so that was your Dragonite?” Ace turned towards Professor Oak and smiled. “I could tell that he’s really powerful.”
Professor Oak smiled before he replied. “Yes, that Dragonite of mine is quite the power house. I’m sure on your journey you’ll capture some great Pokemon and you’ll become strong together as a team.”
Ace smiled “I think so too.” The black haired trainer slipped his new Pokedex into his pocket.
Professor Elm looked over at Jenna. “Jenna, I think you should travel with Ace.” The brown haired professor said abruptly.
Ace and Jenna both looked at Professor Elm with shocked looks on their faces.
Jenna shook her head. “No way, you know what I’m trying to do and I can’t have some stranger tagging along with me.” Jenna looked angry at her uncle for even suggesting this.
Professor Elm looked at Jenna sternly. “I know exactly why you’re going on this journey and I think it would be better if you go with Ace.” The professor said. “Ace will be challenging gym leaders, which will cause him to stop every now and then for training and challenges,” Elm began “and if you go with him, this will allow you to stop and maybe find some clues you wouldn’t have found if you just ran around with no real goal.”
Jenna’s face was now red with anger. “I don’t have time to go slow. It’s been years since he went missing and I’ve already wasted enough time getting mom and dad to let me travel!” Now Jenna was shouting.
Professor Elm looked angry now as well. “And if your brother, as powerful as he was, fell victim to those people, what chance do you think you have of dealing with them?”
At that moment Ace remembered something Jenna had said earlier that day as they were looking for Noctowl. “Not like it’s any of your business, but I have a goal I want to complete and to do that I need to travel.”
Tears were now forming in Jenna’s eyes. “I don’t know how I’m going to deal with those people!” she shouted “I don’t even know how I’m going to find them, but I have to try!”
Ace looked at Jenna. “Well if these people are dangerous, you’ll need some strong Pokemon partners to help you out.” Ace said cautiously. “And if we travel together, I’m sure we’ll meet lots of Pokemon and we’ll have a lot of chances to train with them.” Ace wasn’t sure if he liked the idea of traveling with Jenna, but he knew he didn’t want her going after these ‘dangerous people’ be herself. She was strong, that Ace could tell, but she was also rash and obviously emotional. Ace thought that she might need someone to keep her level headed.
Jenna looked over at Ace and laughed humorlessly. “You really want to travel with me?” she asked. “Either you’re really brave or really stupid, but then again you don’t know the dangers I might have to endure.”
Ace swallowed some of the bile that had formed in his throat. He seemed to be getting in way over his head, but it was obvious that nothing anyone said would stop Jenna from going on this journey of hers. “If you’re going, then I’m going too.” Ace said. He hoped he sounded more confident than he felt. “Of course, I’ll need to know more about what you’re doing. Like whom you’re looking for and why.”
Jenna examined Ace for a few moments, as if she was trying to determine if he was serious or not, and then she allowed her lips to form into a thin smile. “Okay, we can travel together. I’ll explain more later, I promise.”
At that moment, Allegro returned from the other room carrying the three pokeballs on a tray. “All three Pokemon are healed and ready for action. Though I suppose the only action Noctowl will be seeing is lab work.” Allegro said.
Professor Elm looked at Ace, then the tray of pokeballs, and then at Ace again. “Ace, I want to give you something to show my gratitude.” Professor Elm said. “Not only did you catch Noctowl, but you have agreed to help my niece, which is a huge relief to me.” Professor Elm smiled before continuing. “You have proven to be a responsible and reliable young man, so I’m sure you’ll take good care of this gift”. The professor grabbed one of the pokeballs from the tray and handed it to Ace, along with the pokeball that contained his Cyndaquil. “I want you to keep Noctowl.”
Allegro looked stunned. “Professor, what about our research?” he said in a whiny voice.
Professor Elm laughed. “What better way is there to research the abilities of Noctowl than have him travel with a trainer? Ace can give us reports on Noctowl’s growth whenever he finds the time.”
Ace’s expression was a mixture of shock and elation. “Thank you so much professor!” Ace smiled before shouting “Alright, I caught Noctowl!”
Jenna rolled her eyes and took the pokeball containing her Chikorita from the tray; she placed the pokeball in her pocket. “Okay Ace, I’m going to go say goodbye to my parents. Meet me at the outskirts of town in a few minutes.” And with that, Jenna turned and exited the lab.
Ace turned to leave, but was stopped by Professor Oak. “Before you leave Ace, let me tell you something about your Pokedex.” Oak stopped for a second before continuing. “Your Pokedex, along with Jenna’s, is part of a set of three. Professor Elm gave the other Pokedex to a trainer who came earlier to receive a starter Pokemon.” Oak smiled. “Your Pokedex will beep when you get near another Pokedex of the set, though since you and Jenna will be traveling together, your Pokedexes will synchronize so that they will be use to being around each other.”
Ace nodded at this new information. “Okay, so I can use this to meet up with the other Pokedex owner, but why do our Pokedexes do this?” Ace asked curiously.
Oak smiled. “All Pokedexes are part of a set of three. It’s to foster a sense of companionship between Pokedex holders. I’ll be interested in learning how things turn out between you and the other Pokedex holder. By the way, do you have a Pokegear?”
Ace nodded slowly; he was confused by the sudden shift in conversation.
“May I see it?” Oak asked with his hand out stretched.
Ace took the Pokegear off his wrist and handed it the professor.
Oak took the Pokegear and played around with it for a few seconds. “There, now my phone number is in your phonebook. I also took the liberty of programming Professor Elm’s number.” Oak handed Ace the Pokegear.
Ace looked excited, but managed to control his fan boy urges. “Thanks a lot professor!” Ace strapped the Pokegear onto his left wrist and smiled. “I’ll be sure to keep in contact with all of you.” Ace said to the two professors and Allegro. Ace then turned and ran out of the lab.
Professor Elm chuckled. “That boy certainly is filled with energy” he said after Ace had left the lab.
“Yes, but he reminds me of another young trainer I know.” Professor Oak said with a smile on his face. “I wonder if Ace can go as far as that trainer has.”
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