Mt. Moon - West exit
As soon as we begin walking downhill toward the city, our path is blocked by a group of Zombie Butterfree and Ledians.
Pikababe: And we were so close too! Jiggles, this one's all you!
With an excited "Puff!!" Jiggelypuff leaps forward and begins a Rollout attack. Even though the zombiefied bugs float above the ground, they are at the bottom of the hill and make easy targets.
Jiggles super effective attack tears through them like cheap pinatas as he ricochet's from zombie to zombie. Within minutes, the group of zombies is obliterated and their pieces litter the ground.
Pikababe: Great job Jiggles! But this is odd, normally bug types don't go outside of the Viridian forest in this area. If the zombies have made it this far then I wonder if we should just avoid Pewter city since it may have already been taken over.
After a long debate it is finally decided that we will bypass both Pewter and Viridian cities. While I woudl like to check for survivors, getting Bill to professor Oak safely has top priority. By staying off of the main roads we avoid trouble and make excellent time to Pallet town. Once we arrive at the Pallet lab
Bill, professor Oak and Gym leader Blaine work together to examine what has been found so far.
Pallet town - Oaks lab
After a few hours they call everyone into the same room.
Professor Oak: The only way to solve this mystery is to go back to Silph Co. and search for more clues. It will be more dangerous than ever but I'm afraid that there is no other choice.
We have set up a temporary safe area on the Pallet beach along with a raft. The safest water route passes underneath the bicycle path and ends at Vermillion city. Once you reach Silph Co. remember that the clue that we need could be anything related to the Pokerus. Our data is too inaccurate to predict anything else. Good luck trainers.
Pikababe: I'll be waiting outside by the raft. (I follow a fenced off trail that leads all the way down to the water) This would be really easy if I still had Predator but at least I can still use Surf with Expert.
Pallet town beach - Safe zone
Pikababe: Sorry Jiggles but we will move faster if you are inside of your poke ball. (I recall Jiggelypuff and bring out Starmie facing toward the ocean)
As soon as it hits the water, Starmie turns around and faces the direction of Pallet town. Starmie starts giving off a blue glow and a large ball of water (about the size of a full bath tub) slowly rises into the air.
With a quick motion, Starmie launches the water ball like a missle toward the town. It penetrates one of the Pallet homes with the force of a boulder. (I assume that Expert did this for a good reason, so I give it the benefit of the doubt)
I'm sure that you are excited about your new psychic powers but you shouldn't show off like that.
Pallet town beach - The End of Pikababes story?
While floating in the water on my back, I begin to wonder how long it will be until Pallet town becomes unsafe.
As if on cue, hundreds if not thousands of zombies (human and poke) appear on the hills that surrond the town. Leaning up for a moment, I can see them running in an all out charge toward Pallet town. The few defences that remain will be no match for a zombie mob of this size.
Laying back down to continue floating by the raft, I think to myself: Even if the zombies manage to break through, this is still a better ending than that show on abc had. (I bob slightly as more waves pass under me.)
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--It's not over?!?
Pikababe:
My peaceful floating is disturbed by the sound of high voltage building up nearby. It looks like Pallet wasn't as defenseless as I thought. The entire length of the fence lights up with bright, green sparks and flowing lightning streams. The loud humming causes the waves around me to vibrate.
As the zombie orgy races toward the fence, they are immediately shocked upon making contact. The chain lightning effect makes for a spectacular light show and the zombies cannot reach the town.
I'm not a scientist but I know that a barrier like this must be draining a lot of power. It would now become a battle between the number of zombies remaining vs. Pallet towns supply of electricity....
Pallet town
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Pikababe:
Just as I'm preparing to depart from the beach, something dawns on me. I have to go find professor Oak! Expert return now! (Starmie goes into its poke ball) As the glow from the electric fence starts to dim, I run back to the lab as quickly as my legs will carry me.
Inside of the lab, the lights are out but I can still see who is here because of the daylight. All of the lab assistants are running on treadmills while professor Oak furiously types on the last working computer. It looks like their jogging is the only thing keeping the fence operational.
Pikababe: Professor! The last piece of the antidote! Its here, I have it here!
Professor Oak: Poor girl, those zombies must have eaten your brains good. (he looks at me with pity)
Pikababe: I forgot about the snake man from the boat! He worked for Silph, here I took these from his pocket! (
handed professor Oak the plastic cards from the Snake trainer)
Professor Oak: You said these belonged to a former Silph Co. employee? (He walked in front of a window with a thoughtful look on his face. 1 of the 3 lab assistants faints from exhaustion. I jump on the treadmill and take his place.) Professor Oak moved the other collected items into the light so he could see what he was doing.
Pikababe: The fence is weakening, we aren't creating enough power!
Professor Oak: It is completed!! And not a moment too soon. He fills a glass bottle with some liquid out of a large beaker. This should reverse the effects of the mutated Pokerus and return its victims to normal. (As he says this, zombies begin scratching on the walls of the lab.) The professor starts opening up the windows.
Pikababe: Professor!! (Professor Oak slams the bottle on the floor and the liquid splatters.
A strong scent of Pineapple fills the room)
HAVE YOU GONE MAD?!!! I scream in horror.
Professor Oak: You all can stop running now. Anyone who smells this will be instantly cured.
The assistants and myself collapse to the ground gasping for air. The zombies outside have stopped..
Pallet town is saved!
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(Some time later)
Professor...
Professor Elm, wake up, it's urgent..
Professor Elm: (throws an empty beer bottle at a wall) Dammit! I told you never to wake me up!
Female lab assistant: Yes sir but the feed from Pallet town has gone dead.
Professor Elm: Who cares, let Oak handle the zombies. Everyone knows that he is the better professor. (he rubs at his 5 o’clock shadow)
Female lab assistant: Yes but we haven't heard any news since they completed the zombie radar program.
Still half way asleep, Elm plumps down in front of a computer and enters his secret, professor password. After quickly reading through several screens on a secure professors only network he curses loudly.
Professor Elm: Gather whatever trainers you can find while I get my pants..
Assistant: Wait professor Elm, it's a miracle! We are getting a weak transmission from Pallet town! They are still alive and have found a cure!
Professor Elm: Oak, that son of a peach. Now he will get all of the credit. But wait a minute; we have no way of getting a copy of that antidote! They may be fine in Pallet but all of the rest of us are doomed! Send out an SOS, maybe someone will be able to reach us before it is too late..
New Bark Town
Professor Elm: The zombies have broken through the south end! It seems hopeless... (Just as he is ready to give up, he sees a starfish speeding through the water to the east of town.) Now what?
Starmie jumps into the air as a woman back flips off of its back into the water. The Starmie spins horizontally like a buzz saw and slices the surronding zombies to ribbons. It then flys back to the woman and they both land on New Bark soil.
???: Professor Elm? Professor Oak sent me to get this Pineapple ball(cure ball) to the Lake of Rage.We are going to use the water to spread the anitidote faster. Any trainers that you can spare would be helpful.
Professor Elm: No, theres hardly anyone here. Why don't you just Fly it there?
???: We already tried that. The Pallet lab assistant who volunteered to go reported that the sky was swarming with flying zombies. He didn't even make it past Viridian city.
New Bark town - Elm's Lab
Professor Elm: I am glad that you came here but as I said before, nearly all of the trainers here are exhausted from fighting. I doubt that anyone would dare oppose the zombies right now. I think that professor Oak is a jerk but if he found a cure than we should sit back and wait for it to work. Theres no need to take on such a dangerous mission, miss?
Pikababe: (I had been staring out of a window. New bark town had been largely spared from the zombie attacks up to this point because of its remote location.)
You can call me Pika. Just because there is a cure doesn't mean that the zombies will stop killing people. This Pineapple ball prevents zombiefication to any person or pokemon within a mile of it but there is a downside to holding one.
In testing, we found that the zombies became super aggressive when they figured out that they could not change a person into a zombie.
They simply try to gnaw the ball holder to death instead. Even if we did nothing there would still be people out there who need help. Thanks for the rest. If I am successful than things should return to normal.
As I depart from New Bark town, I recall Starmie and let out Jigglypuff.
My current pokemon:
West of New Bark town
Creeping through the tall grass, I think how ironic it is that new trainers usually start around here yet, it is extremely dangerous at the moment. I count at least 10 humanoid zombies walking around. As long as I stay out of their line of vision they are easy to avoid.
Bumping into something I stop: "Excuse me"
Zombie Sentret appeared!
Jiggles immediiately used Pound. The Sentret staggered but did not fall, it used moldy breath attack!
Jiggles felt sick and his fighting power dropped!
Pikababe: We can't let this drag out. Jiggles, use Hyper Voice now! The sound attack sent the Sentret flying but it also alerted the other zombies to our presence. They suffered no damage because they were so far away.
Whoopsies, I guess we are going to have to run for it. The run is short as we were nearly to the town anyway. Not taking time to take a good look around, I only search for the pokemon center. Brainless or not, it won't take the zombies long to figure out which way we fled.
I spot Cherrygrove cities Pokemon center and run to its doors. I can see the lights on inside but the door is locked. I hold my Pokegear up to the glass and scream that I am a trainer and not a zombie. I can see the zombies from the field getting close to the town.
A voice from a speaker asks: Who is professor Oaks daughter?
I reply that he has none. (The center doors slide open and we are allowed inside.)
Cherrygrove city
Nurse Joy: Sorry about that, I had to make sure that you were not one of them. You are the 1st trainer that I have seen around here in a long time. Pretty much everyday I see zombies walking past my front doors. Please, if you aren't in a hurry could you do me a favor?
Pikababe: What kind of favor?
Nurse Joy: There were 2 kindergarden kids here with me but they snuck out to play with a walkie talkie. When the zombies took over, the kids were still missing and I feared the worst. Then I heard crying on this walkie talkie and was able to figure out that they are hiding somewhere in Cherrygrove city. I have managed to narrow down their location to 3 buildings but I can't go get them myself.
Pikababe: Ok, I'll go look for them.
(Outside the pokemon center I begin looking for the buildings that Nurse Joy indicated.)
Pikababe: She said it had to be the one to the east, west or to the south of the pokemon center. Thats gives us a 30% chance! (Jiggles makes a worried face) Let's see, the west building is the closest, so lets start there. (The door is off of its hinges and the lights are barely on.)
Hello? Kids?! I'm here to take you back to Nurse Joy!! (there is no response)
Jiggles steps on something sticky and lets out a shout. "Jigggg!" A zombie Ariados appears!
Jiggles, use Pound! But it is too late. The zombie Ariados continuously fires Spider webs which we get caught in. Jiggles gets stuck to the floor and I get webbing across my mid section. Clearly, this is the wrong place.
"Shoot!" It only goes from bad to worst. 3 zombie spinaracks join the battle. The zombies begin shooting Poison Stings at Jiggelypuff, who is unable to dodge. I struggle to reach my poke kiwis but the webbing restricts my movement . I think to myself that this probably looks like a scene out of some stupid bondage fantasy. With great effort, I manage to release Starmie from his poke ball. Jiggles faints from the attacks.
Jiggles, Nooo!! Expert, use Psychic, Pineapple up these peaches! Starmie rushes forward and begins blasting the zombie spiders with Psychic. The bugs splatter and squeal but something doesn't seem right. For every 2 zombies that Starmie defeats, 4 more take their place. It looks like we stumbled onto some sort of zombie hideout.
In small numbers, it's no contest. Starmies attacks decimate the posionous zombie bugs. But as more and more Spinarack and Ariados appear, Starmie begins to get worn out. After a hard fought battle, Starmie falls.
Pikababe: Dam! (Pikababe Whited out!)
Pikababe wound up at the Cherrygrove Pokemon center..
Cherrygrove city - Pokemon center
Pikababe: Urgh, we lost. Thank Lugia I had a cure ball with me, otherwise we would have been turned into zombies just like those pokemon. Don't worry Nurse Joy, after we rest up I will take my team back out to look for the kids.
I lay down on the bed..
After a nice long rest, I proceed to check the other buildings for the missing children. I guess that we should try our luck with the eastern one but this time I whip out my zombie detector before going in. Its range is a lot smaller now, since I'm carrying a cure ball but if I go right up the walls, I should be able to tell if there are any unfriendlies inside.
After circling the building, I pick up a few faint zombie signals inside.
Pikababe: The kids could be in here but its not very likely with all of the zombies in there. I decide that we shouldn't fight if we don't have to and that we should leave the eastern building for now. Jiggles lets out a sigh of relief.
Cherrygrove city
Pikababe: Alright, we have eliminated the buildings to the east and west of the pokemon center. That means the kids have to be in the southern one. (moving closer to the south building, I can see a single zombie standing in front of the door)
Jiggles, use Sing and we will sneak in and grab the kids. Jiggles steps forward and begins to sing at the zombie. It didn't work.
The zombie looks annoyed and starts moving toward Jiggelypuff.
Quck, try it again! Jiggles uses Sing once more and the zombie falls to the ground fast asleep. Great! We'll be in and out before it wakes up!
Cherrygrove city - south
I enter the building and leave Jiggles to guard the exit. I'm not picking up any zombie signals inside so if I can find the kids, I should be able to lead them out safely. It looks like it used to be a nice home. Broken furniture and glass are scattered all over the floor; I wonder if someone tried to fight off the zombies in here.
I hear a scream from a side room. I double check my radar to make sure that it still shows all clear and rush to the room where I heard the noise. Looking into the bedroom, I find the 2 boys hiding in the top part of a bunk bed.
Pikababe: Come on down, this is no place to be playing games. I'll take you back to Nurse Joy.
With the kids close behind, I head back to the exit of the house. Jiggles is waiting at the door but something starts moaning nearby.
The sleeping zombie awakens! And it looks pissed..
Cherrygrove city - south
The children begin crying. I move in front of them as Jiggles runs at the zombie. The humanoid zombie pulls a bone out of its body and uses Bone club on Jiggles.
Jiggles is knocked into a wall but inhales some air to cushion the impact. With a defiant "PUFF!" he springs off of the wall and tries Pound attack but is swatted away by the zombies bone. The zombie uses Bone club again but misses! Jiggles rolls under the zombie, jumps up and then uses Pound on the back of the zombes head!
The zombie head disintegrates into a pile of dust. The headless body starts walking around randomly still holding its bone weapon. Before anymore zombies can show up, we run back to the pokemon center. I yell into the centers speaker:
Pikababe: Nurse Joy, we're back! And the kids are ok!
The doors open as the group enters and close once everyone is inside.
Nurse Joy: Thank goodness!
Cherrygrove city - Pokemon center
Nurse Joy: I'm so relieved that you are back! (she hugs the kids) Thank you very much! You should know that there is a small waterway that is not marked on the maps that you can use to get to Violet city if you have the ability to Surf.
Pikababe: A stream? Thats great!
Nurse Joy: It flows around the back of the pokemon center. Thanks again!
Walking outside, I can see the waterway that Nurse Joy mentioned.
Pikababe: Expert, I choose you!! (Starmie jumps into the water) In a piggyback fashion, we ride up the stream towards Violet city. The zombies patrolling the ground route don't have a clue! Whenever they get too close, Starmie swims lower in the water. In no time at all we arrive at the south side of Violet city.
All is not well however, as there are destroyed cars and debris on the ground. It looks like some kind of battle is going on here and thick, black smoke is pouring out of the sprout tower. There are a couple of school buses and nature park vehicles blocking off part of the town.
Violet city
It had gotten dark out and explosions could be heard in the distance. I duck down low in the water just enough so I can still see whats going on. A Pokemon Ranger runs into view shouting very loudly.
Lead Ranger: Dam zombies!! Get that electric team out here right now!! NOW DAMMIT!!
There are a lot of pokemon trainers around and 3 run out of the crowd and stand next to the ranger.
The first one throws out 6 poke kiwis and releases 4 Pikachus and 2 Ampharos's. The 2nd trainer calls out an Onix and a Cradilly. The 3rd trainer throws down 4 poke kiwis; a Jolteon, 2 Electrikes and a Magnazone spring onto the ground.
A swarm of flying zombies swoops down on the city. The swarm includes zombie Golbat, Fearrow, Hoot hoots and several others. The Electric pokemon light up the sky with shock attacks as the Rock types begin throwing boulders and rocks into the sky. If the zombies were not trying to kill everyone, this would be better than the 4th of July!
What is the fate of the remaining pokemon trainers? How will the battle in Violet city end?!!
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To be continued...
(OOC: Directors cut, I think page 5 reads much better now)
Violet city
The skirmish continues through out the night and eventually the flying zombies are eliminated. But as the sun begins to rise, additional zombies start to burst out of the ground and forest. The weary trainers had fought valiantly but the town was moments from being over-run.
Lead Ranger: "Retreat to the school bus's!! We can't hold them any longer!! My rangers will walk you out of the hot zone and jump on the last jeep that we have!!" Most of the townsfolk had already gotten in one of the 3 yellow vehicles and the trainers piled in as best they could. I ended up on the 3rd bus in the line, right ahead of the jeep.
As the convoy frantically pulls out of Violet city, the Sprout tower falls over and bursts into flames. The zombies shuffle around the center of town as smoke rises from the burning buildings.
West of Violet city - Johto #42
Pikababe:
I fight my way through a crowd of pokemon trainers and civilians to get to the front of the bus. I need to contact whoever is in charge and convince them to head north and go to the Lake of Rage. "Driver, do you have a radio or anything that I can use?!"
To the left of the bus line, the park jeep speeds past with 3 Pokemon rangers in it. The bus driver nods yes and points to a radio handset. Jiggles puffs up to keep people from bumping into me. Just as I'm turning it on to speak, a voice filled with panic yells out over the radio. "INCOMING ZOMBIES!!"
The driver bluntly states: "I'm getting tired of this Bull crap."
2 pairs of zombie Hoppips and Skiplooms fly by the windows toward the rear of the convoy. They begin turning around for another pass...
West of Violet city #43
Clutching the radio, I try to speak as calmly as possible, "Can anyone hear me?! Please listen, we need to go north to the Lake of Rage. I have something that might be able to defeat the zombies for good!!"
A voice replies: "North?! Alright then, just so long as we get out of this forest quick. Those Hoppip..." the transmission cuts out.
The zombie Skiploom/ Hoppip open fire with Rotten Bullet seed attack and strafe the line of vehicles. Just like biplanes using machine guns, they swoop in and spit seeds that rip into the 3rd bus and shatter the windows. Jagged shards of glass are sent flying inside, the driver survives but many of the passengers are badly injured. The zombies begin attacking the 2nd bus from behind...
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