This turned out longer than I expect. Next chapter won't be so long.

Chapter 3: Static in Thunderwave Cave

Squirtle blinked his eyes open. He sat up and looked around. Still a Pokemon, it seems. Ah well. He was leader of a Rescue Team and he wasn’t going to leave now. This was his chance to shine and find a way to return himself to normal. Just then, his belly growled. He clutched it and realised he hadn’t eaten much over the past few days. Chikorita had tried to explain the food in this world. It was a strange concept.

“You must eat something Squirtle. Here. Try some Water Food”
Squirtle looked down at the blue box and looked inside. There were lots of small brown…food…looking objects with blue spots in them. He picked one up, pinched his nose and threw it into his mouth. He immediately began to feel refreshed and revitalised. He swallowed it and his stomach felt full instantly. He was surprised when Chikorita took one and ate it as well.
“Wait…how can you eat them?”
Chikoruta smiled.
“Think of the type of food as a Pokemon’s type. I can eat Water Food fine because I’m a grass type. Charmander has a bad reaction to Water Food but can eat the Fire Food fine. I can’t eat the Fire Food but you can because you’re a water type. Understand?”
Squirtle frowned.
“I…I think so…”
Squirtle smiled. He thought he understood. Time to meet his team. He walked through the door and saw that Chikorita and Charmander were sitting at the table. They both looked anxious and nervous…all at the same time…how tat was possible, Squirtle didn’t know.
“What’s going on?”
Chikorita turned to Squirtle and smiled.
“Good morning leader. We’re waiting for the mail. It will contain everything we need to be a proper rescue team”
Just then, a flutter of wings was head in the background. The cry of what Squirtle thought was a Pelipper was approaching. Both Chikorita and Charmander got up from the table and bolted to the front door. Squirtle raised an eyebrow and followed them.

Outside, a Pelipper had landed on the mailbox. Squirtle hadn’t noticed it before. The Pelipper was talking to Charmander.
“Here you go a letter and a parcel for the rescue base of Team Go-getters. Enjoy! Pele-post!”
Pelipper spat out a letter and a parcel, both of which landed on the ground with a soft thud. He did a slight bow then flew off. Neither Chikorita nor Charmander moved, they were both shaking. Charmander turned to Squirtle, still shaking.
“S-Squirtle…could you open the letter. I’m too nervous. I’ll open up the parcel. Ember”
He spat out one ember that burned the ribbon surrounding the parcel. Squirtle made his way over to the letter and opened it. He read it out loud whilst Chikorita and Charmander opened up the parcel.
“To the Rescue Team Go-getters, in this parcel that you have received, contains one Item Box, able to hold thirty items, a starting fund of 1000Poke and three Rescue Team badges. They are all Normal Rank but the more Pokemon you rescue, the higher your rank becomes. Try and achieve the Gold Rank. Good luck Team Go-getters!

Yours sincerely Lady Breloom
Head of the Rescue Team Federation Headquarters”

Squirtle looked up and saw each of items in turn. The Item Box was like a bag that could be easily carried. There was a small brown bag which seemed to contain the start up fund and the rescue badges…Chikorita was holding one up using her vine. It was a small pink oval with wings on the side. Chikorita attacked it to her chest. Charmander and Squirtle did the same. It even attached to his shell. They all looked at each other and grinned. They were a proper rescue team!

“Pele-post!”
Pelipper landed on the mailbox and put something in. Squirtle came outside, food still around his mouth. They had spent the money on food and sold Charmander’s Lucario statue for some money. They now had 750Poke and were celebrating.
“What mail do we have Pelipper?”
“You have a letter from the Rescue Team Federation. It’s your first rescue mission!”
Charmander and Chikorita rushed out when they heard this. Their first rescue mission! This would be exciting. Pelipper grinned and flew off. Charmander opened the letterbox and took out the letter. He opened it and read it with shaking hands.

“To the Rescue Team Go-getters, we have chosen you this mission to do. We hope that you do it well. It is about two Magnemite who got too close to Thunderwave Cave. They became joined but were unable to make a Magneton. They need your help urgently. Good luck.
Yours sincerely Lady Breloom
Head of the Rescue Team Federation Headquarters”

He turned to Chikorita and Squirtle. He nodded.
“It’s time to do our first rescue mission. Thunderwave Cave isn’t far. Let’s go!”

“Squirtle! Squirtle!”

Squirtle opened his eyes. What was that? He stood up and looked around. He was in a field where the team had put up camp. Today they would make their way to Thunderwave Cave to rescue the Magnemite. Chikorita woke up and saw Squirtle, she walked up to him.
“Are you okay Squirtle?”
“I’m fine…I’m just still getting used to being a Pokemon. It’s great but…I don’t remember anything about being a human. You do realise that if I get a chance, I’ll leave this world and become human again.”
Chikorita nodded and smiled.
“Things might change you know. Now comeon, we’ve got a Charmander to wake up.”

Charmander grumbled as they walked. He rubbed his arm where Chikorita had used Vine Whip.
“You didn’t have to hit so hard you know!”
Both Chikorita and Squirtle laughed. They climbed up the hill and reached the mouth of the cave.
“Here it is, Thunderwave Cave.”
They entered cautiously; the air was charged was static. Had he had hair, it would be on end. Squirtle was relieved that was the one good thing to becoming a human…though meeting Charmander and Chikorita was nice too. They went deeper into the cave. Squirtle saw a Voltorb roll into the shadows. It looked terrified. He noticed other Pokemon as well. He walked next to Charmander and whispered.
“Why are all of these Pokemon afraid of us?”
Charmander nearly tripped.
“You…you don’t know?”
Squirtle pointed at himself, eyebrow raised.
“Human, remember?”
Charmander smiled apologetically.
“Sorry, I’m just trying to believe it. This world has succumbed to Natural Disasters. All the Pokemon in the world have been inflicted and naturally, they blame each other. Weak, timid Pokemon hide from those who are unknown to them whilst large Pokemon or big headed Pokemon attack thinking that the opponents are the causers. No one knows why these Disasters are occurring but they are getting worse. We had an earthquake a few days before you came. The night before you came, we had a thunderstorm. It was a big one.”
Squirtle frowned. Natural Disasters…could they be linked to why he was here? He didn’t know. They reached a deeper part of the cave and at the far side…
“Magnemite!”
Two Magnemite were joined together and looked quite afraid. Their eyes suddenly lit up when they heard them but they did the strangest thing. They shook their heads and motioned for them to go back. Squirtle frowned…did they not want to be rescued? He got the answer almost immediately when an Elekid came from above and landed in front of them. Charmander gasped. This Elekid was huge, it was near the size of an Electabuzz. The Elekid grinned.
“What are you three doing here? Heh, you look like babies from here. I feel brilliant since I’ve been sucking off power from those two. I’ve grown bigger and much more powerful. I might never let them go! Hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!”
Squirtle seethed with rage. This Pokemon was pure evil…using two helpless Magnemite to make himself stronger and bigger is just plain selfish. He should teach him a lesson. He opened his mouth.
“Ember!”
Squirtle looked at Charmander, he looked just as angry. The embers hit into Elekid but he didn’t seem to be injured at all. He laughed.
“Thunderpunch!”
He punched with such force that Squirtle was thrown back. He hit the wall and collapsed onto the ground. He tried to move but that had hurt so much. He slowly got up and then thought of something. He remembered when he was a human; he had taken down an Electabuzz by making it fall. The Electabuzz was so big that it couldn’t get back up again. He couldn’t remember anything else but it would work.
“Chikorita, use Vine Whip around the legs then use Tackle Charmander!”
The two nodded. Elekid raised an eyebrow.
“Whatever you are planning will fail! I am much stronger than any other Pokemon you have faced against! Hahaha!”
Chikorita ignored him and fired a Vine Whip. She wrapped it around his legs and pulled tight. Charmander rushed in and tackled him full on. Elekid gave out a surprised roar and fell to the ground. He smacked his head on the floor and lay still. It looked like his head hadn’t received as much protection as the rest of him. They all sighed in relief and approached the Magnemite. Chikorita reached the one on the left.
“Time to get you two home”
Just then, they heard a groan behind them. Elekid grunted and got up. He growled at the five Pokemon then began to shrink!
“What! I…I…I must get more power from the Magnemite. Out of the way small Pokemon!”
Squirtle frowned, not a chance. He stood in between the Magnemite and Elekid. Chikorita and Charmander did the same. Elekid growled and shrunk a bit more, he aimed at Squirtle and rushed at him.
“Thunderpunch!”
Squirtle narrowed his eyes and braced himself when suddenly, the Magnemite duo floated inbetween and took the hit. They were knocked back in Squirtle but seemed to be unharmed. Elekid was clutching his hand and wincing with pain. Squirtle looked at his team and nodded at them. The Magnemite even helped.
“We’ll help you since you’re helping us!”
Squirtle grinned, this would hurt Elekid a lot. All five of them stepped forward.
“Bubble!”
“Ember!”
“Razor Leaf!”
“Thundershock!”
The four attacks hit and seriously damaged Elekid. When the smoke cleared, Elekid was at normal size and knocked out. Team Go-getters had won! They all cheered!

“We want to thank you so much for helping us…I’m not sure how much more I could have taken. It was quite draining supplying energy and power for Elekid. So…we want to give you this.”
Outside, away from the cave, both the Magnemite had become separated once they had gotten a distance from the mouth of the cave. Magnemite handed the team a small bag. Squirtle opened it and inside was 500Poke and a small red bottle. He took it out.
“What’s this?”
“That’s a Ginseng…”
Charmander took the bottle from Squirtle and grinned.
“They’re supposed to be very rare and when you drink it, it permanently ups the power of one of your moves. But its effect wears off if you forget the move. Thank you so much Magnemite!”
Magnemite nodded and turned to his partner.
“We must be leaving now. Thank you again Team Go-getters and we hope to see you again!”
Squirtle smiled, he felt happy…very happy. He had managed to save two Pokemon and it felt good to see them both happy and carefree. He turned to his team.
“Okay you two, we managed to save both Magnemite and get a rare item. Our first Rescue Mission was a success. Now we will continue to rescue Pokemon until we find out the reason why I’m here!”
Both of them nodded. All three unclipped their badges from their chests. Chikorita stepped forward.
“Let’s do good as Chikorita!”
“Charmander!”
“Aaaand Squirtle!”
“Team Go-getters! At your service!”

TO BE CONTINUED

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