Chapter 3

If someone had peeked down that random alley, they would have seen a strange young man jumping around laughing at the top of his lungs, "I'm gonna be the very best, like no one ever was....". Like I said strange, but if you were that particular man then you would be so unbelievably happy, your dream to become a Pokémon trainer would be coming true and the world wouldn't know what hit it.

That particular man being myself, I had just received my first Pokémon from the system draws and it held a special place in my heart. After all the first Pokémon I had ever gotten on my many play throughs of Pokémon red was a Charmander, seeing the little fire lizard battle and level up, growing into a Charmeleon and finally Charizard. The first time I had seen it, had amazed me, that someone could come up with such a game and world. I lived and breathed it until the day I died, to exploding Gameboy.

Now seeing the result took me all the way back to the first time I witnessed the little lizard and I felt a burning desire to show the world the awesomeness that is Pokemon. Granted they won't know what they are and I'm wondering if I can build a team of people like the avengers who are able to be entrusted with Pokémon of their own.

We could be a force for good and safe guard all human and Pokémon kind alike. I could create my very own Pokémon world, possibly the formation of such a place could help the world get away from death and destruction and solve its differences a different way.

Yeah, that sounds pretty good to me, my long-term goal is to re create the Pokémon world and bring everyone together in shared love for the creatures. Though I am unsure how I can go about that, maybe I need to get some help from people with more authority, that way I can convince them of the power behind these creatures and to have some basis to work from.

Though the problem with that is, my own self could get manipulated and taken advantage of. I don't care for myself, but for my Pokémon to be mistreated filled me with a sense of rage that I would move heaven and earth to find those responsible and unleash holy retribution on those people. 'I'm looking at you hydra'.

For the meantime I need to get to a safe place to consolidate what I have so far and come up with a game plan. There's no telling if my actions in this place have been observed or noticed by certain mystical people hiding in their mountain. Pulling out my documentation I noticed that the address down was in Brooklyn and seemed to be a pretty high level in the building, it might even be a penthouse.

Moving out of the alley after making sure I hadn't left any signs of my passing, the crate had disappeared after I got the beginners pack, to where? I had no clue and didn't really care to be honest. After walking out of the alley, I made my way down the road looking for some kind of map, seeing a convenience store I made my way in and after asking the clerk if they had any maps of the Brooklyn area, he pointed me to the back of the shop near the magazines. Spotting a section with various maps on the surrounding area, I proceeded to purchase one of each area of New York to ensure I had good coverage.

After searching through the whole map, I finally found the location of my address and surprisingly it was only 3 blocks away, happy to have a bit of a walk. As I made my way, I could smell that I was getting close to the water and finding that the building was right on the waters edge was an even better surprise.

Looking at the building I lived in, it had a gorgeous red brick façade, seeming aged yet it had been well looked. Making my way in and looking at my address I noticed that it was on the top floor, feeling even more chuffed I entered the lift and upon scanning the key card I was able to press the button. Getting to the floor I stepped out and was shocked again, my apartment wasn't just on the top floor, it was the top floor, I had the whole floor to myself.

Whoever that being was made me totally loaded and with a closer look at the deed after needing to double check it and loaded didn't even start to describe the situation I was in. He…. gave….me…the…..whole…..building..... Yep, let that just sink in. This was so surreal that I felt like I was dreaming, upon slapping myself I could verify that yep, this was no dream. Moving into the apartment if you want to call it that I saw it was completely furnished in a very tasteful industrial style with hints of hard wood through the floors and various bits of furniture. Completely my dream style and something I would never had been able to afford.

Taking an hour or so to come to term with my current situation I kicked myself when I realised, I had been keeping a member of my future team in stasis, while I enjoyed my now lavish lifestyle. Bringing up the system I searched for a way to release me new partner.

STATUS

NAME: SAMUEL FARTHING

AGE: 21

LEVEL: 0/??

EXP: 0/500

JOB: N/A

BOND: N/A

DRAW CHANCES: 0

POKEMON: 0/∞

POKEMON STORAGE: 1/∞

ABILITIES/ PERKS: Mental Fortitude(MAX), Genetic Anomaly, Inventory, Inspect (MAX), Aura (Beginner), Psychic (Beginner)

Seeing that I had a new number next to storage I focused on it and a prompt showed up

*DING*

DO YOU WANT TO SUMMON (CHARMANDER LVL5) Y/N

"Yes"

With a flash of light, I beheld a small orange bipedal fire lizard standing in front of me, so completely overwhelmed with the current situation I could only stare as it took form, and looking around taking in it's new surroundings. Eventually it turned to me and with a cry "Char" jumped into my arms, catching my new partner I marvelled in the sensation, feeling the heat radiating from its body, while also feeling the high temperature from the flame on the tail.

Hugging him with tears of joy in my eyes I finally squatted down and had a good look at him, feeling a sense of curiosity well up within me wanting to know more, I felt my eyes twitch as another screen popped up.

CHARMANDER LVL 5

GENDER: MALE

ABILITY: BLAZE

BOND: 60%

HEALTH: 100%

STAMINA: 100%

MOVES: Scratch, Growl, Ember

NOTE: A bond of less than 40% will cause Pokémon to ignore some commands

Looking through the information it seemed pretty straight forward as far as I remember from the game, nothing out of the ordinary apart from the bond, but it's explained pretty well with the note, I suppose that as there aren't any gyms to validify your ability I would need a way to avoid the Pokémon ignoring my commands in battle, and the idea of a bond makes sense, no one is going to listen to someone who does not have their trust.