The Pokémon Dimension Part 1
#1 of The Pokemon Dimension
My name is Angel Gonzalez. My brother James and I live in the small town of Guthrie Oklahoma. My brother is a year older than me but I act more mature then him. We take care of each other because our parents died in a big car crash. I wasn't to sure what my parents did for a living. Every time I asked they said it was top secret. All I know is that there job caused them to leave out of town a lot for long periods of time. So my brother and I were use to being home alone. My brother works at a fancy restaurant as a cook on the weekdays, and since I'm only seven-teen I work at a local sonic on the weekends. So we hardly get to see each other, I'm use to being alone. I don't really have that many friends. I dropped out of school and got my G.E.D when I was about six-teen, I was to smart for school. My brother and I were tech nerds. We could hack into any computer without getting caught. One time we hacked into area 51's main frame to find out if aliens were real, they are, and we almost got caught. Though once my parents died, I went into a deep depression, which lead me to turn to alcohol to make me forget what happened. It didn't work. All it did was land me in the hospital and me getting my stomach pumped. After that moment I cut down on the alcohol. Now most of the time I just sit at home and read a good book, or I got out for a jog. I live pretty normal life. Nothing interesting ever happens to me. That is until one day everything changed
It was early Tuesday morning I could hear the birds chirping as I got ready for a morning jog. When I slipped on my running shoes, I stood up and I could smell something burning coming from the kitchen. Quickly I turned towards the door and ran to the kitchen. When I entered the kitchen I saw my brother James standing at the stove trying to fan a cloud of smoke out the window. "It's funny. You've worked at a five star restaurant for two years. And yet you somehow always end up ruining breakfast." I said while turning on the fan to help blow the smoke. "It's the damn bacon I tell ya!" James exclaimed. "It's like they get together with the eggs and they plot evil little schemes to screw up my cooking!" I couldn't help but laugh. My brother always came up with the craziest things to say. James saw me laughing at him and he scowled at me. "Well at least I don't work at a freaken fast food joint!" he said to me. After I finished messing with my brother I popped open the fridge and grabbed my water bottle. "Well I hope John isn't hungry right now because breakfast is ruined." I closed the fridge then looked at James. "John and I broke up like a month ago James." I told him. John was the name of my ex-boyfriend. My brother didn't mind that I was gay; he tells me as long as I don't make out with a dude in front of him then we're good.
Outside there were clouds appearing in the sky. "That's weird the news channel didn't say anything about rain? We've been getting a lot of crazy weather lately. You might want to take a jacket." James told me. "I will. Hey don't you have to work today bro?" I asked while I stood in the hallway closet looking for a jacket. "Na I asked for the day off." He replied. "Why'd you do that?" it took him awhile to answer, after a moment of silence he spoke. "Today's July tenth." He said, his voice scratchy. That's when it dawned on me. Today marks one year ago that our parents died. "Has it really only been one year?" I said to myself. "Sometimes it feels like only yesterday we received the phone call about our parents." That's when I found my jacket and grabbed it. As I walked out the door I waved my brother farewell. When I go for a jog I usually don't come home for a couple of hours. I don't jog the whole time. I jog for a good thirty minutes then I find a place to sit and relax. Sometime I jog to the park and from there I sit at the pond and watch the ducks and the fish.
But today I decided to go into town and jog around there. After a while of jogging I sat on a bench next to a pub. As I sat there I notice the wind started to pick up, really hard, so I stood up and looked at my phone to see what time it was. As I squinted down at my phone something weird happened. I pushed a button to make it light up, and when it did the screen started to go fuzzy then it just shut off. I tried to turn it back on but it didn't work. "How strange, I just charged my phone it shouldn't be dead." I said to myself. Looking around I found the closest person to me and walked up to him, "excuse me sir, do you have the time?" I asked him. "Why sure let me just check my phone" he said while he reached into his pocket. When he pulled out his phone he looked at it for a second, a little confused. "Huh, well I'm sorry son but it seems that my battery is dead. I could have sworn it just had a full battery though." He said to me.
And that's when it happened. I heard a noise from behind me, and when I turned to see what was going on I look up and saw the stop light just shut off. I turned around and saw the other stop light did the same thing. Inside the pub I looked through the window and saw the light in there give out and the TV shut off. It was some sort of black out, everything electronic shut off. Its weird, a blackout shouldn't affect things like cell phones. People started to leave the building they were in. I don't like big crowds. So when I saw everyone come outside I decided to head the other way. I turned the corner and started walking down the street, though when I passed an ally way I saw something. I didn't think anything of it and kept walking. That was until I heard a faint scream coming from the ally. My curiosity got the best of me and I turned around heading towards the back ally. When I made it I started to walk slowly along the wall so that no one could hear or see me. As I neared to the corner in the middle of the ally way, between two buildings, I could hear a man's voice.
I couldn't hear what he was saying so I moved closer, till I made it to the corner. That's when I heard what he was saying. He was talking low but I could still hear him. "You thought you could get away from me?" said the mysterious man. "Well you can't and now you're going to pay for your mistakes" that's when I heard him start hitting something and by the sound of it he was hitting pretty hard. Though the cry it let out told me it wasn't human, it was some animal. But I couldn't recognize what animal it was. I turned my head around the corner and saw the man kicking something next to a dumpster. I couldn't see what he was kicking but I could tell that he was hurting something. That's when I had enough. I ran towards the man and he barely had any time to think before he turned his head and got a face full of fist. The force was hard enough to drive him a few feet backwards. He landed on his back in the light. I could see what he looked like now. He was wearing a black hat complete with black cloths, white gloves, and white shoes. The man looked like he was about twenty years old and he had a big red R on the front of his shirt. "What the hell is wrong with you?!" I yelled "Why are you beating up on this poor animal?" that's when I looked at what he was hitting.
I didn't know what to call it. It looked like a big reptile it was orangish red and had a kind of long tail with a small little fire coming from it. I could see that it was still breathing; it looked like it had got knocked out. I was shocked; I didn't know what I was looking at. I stared at it for so long that I didn't see the man get up and walk up behind me. It wasn't till he spoke that I realized that he was there. "Remarkable isn't he?" he's voice made me jump a little. "He's called a Pokémon." He said. "What on earth is a Pokémon?" I asked still staring at the creature. As he leaned forward he whispered into my ear "Pokémon are creatures with unique abilities". That's when I returned back to earth, and got my brain straight. I didn't know what a Pokémon was but I do know that it is a living creature and this man was hurting it. That's all I needed to know. So I clenched my fist and drove my elbow straight into his gut. That made him fall to his knees. I could hear the air get knocked out of him. As he sat there trying to regain his breath I took off my jacket and wrapped the creature in it and picked it up.
"What are you doing?" said the man between breaths. "I'm going home." I told him not even turning around to face him. "You fool!" he exclaimed. "You don't know who I am! I'm a part of team rocket you don't want to mess with me." That's where I drew the line. I saw him getting up so I ran up to him and kicked him square in the face. I heard a crack; I think I might have broken his nose. There was blood on his face and on my shoe. He cried in pain as he lay on the floor. "I don't care who you are or who you're a part of. That doesn't give you the right to treat a living thing like that." I stated as I walked off. I was standing at the edge of the ally with a so called Pokémon wrapped in my jacket with its tail that had a freaken flame coming out of it sticking out, that's not suspicious at all. I looked around the corner and saw that everyone had been distracted with talking to the other people, officers directing traffic, and people watching their stores for anyone who might try to rob them with the power out. I had a chance so I took it. I ran all the way back home. On the way people drove by and saw me running down the street with something wrapped in a jacket. They probably thought it was a dog or something because they didn't notice the small flame. The fire was getting really dim. I didn't know what it meant but I knew that it couldn't be good. When I made it home I ran to the door and saw a note hanging. I picked the note and it read;
Angel I went to the go get a few things from the city.
I won't be back till later. Don't wait for me for dinner.
Your brother, James.
p.s. don't go in my room. Thanks!
It's a good thing my brother wasn't here. I didn't feel like having to explain everything to him yet. It's takes about an hour to get to the city by car and when James says he's going to be back later he's usually gone all day. Looks like I don't have to worry about him for a while. I opened the door and walked in then locked it behind me. I live out in the country so I don't really have to worry about neighbors. My house isn't really that big. Through the front door is the dining room, we leave it empty though. To the left is a door way that leads to the kitchen. If you walk straight you'll enter the living room. If you turn to your right there's a hallway that has three doors; one is my room, all the way at the end of the hallway. The one across from it is James's room and next to his room is the bathroom. I got the master bedroom so I have a sliding glass door that leads to the backyard and my own bathroom.
I walked to my room and when I entered I laid the Pokémon on my bed I put its tail off the edge of the bed so It wouldn't catch my sheets on fire. While the creature laid on my bed he looked to be roughly two and a half feet tall and when I carried him he seemed to weigh almost 20 pounds. He was a smell fella, he was cute too. I took a look at my clock and saw that it was only 11:30 am. "Well isn't that great. My day isn't even half over and all this has already happened." As I sat next to the Pokémon, I felt bad. He had bruises on his body and he was covered in dirt. I got up and walked to my bathroom. In my bathroom I opened up a side closet and pulled out a big bowl, a small wash cloth, a towel, some soap and my first aid kit. I filled the bowl with nice warn water then walked back to my bed. When I got there I set everything on my night stand and picked up the Pokémon, there was dirt stains where the creature had been lying. I didn't really care I just tugged the sheets of the bed then placed a towel on the bed and set the creature down on the towel.
I had to clean him up before I could take Care of his wounds. Using the small wash cloth and the soap I gently cleaned the creature off, though every time I went over a cut or bruise the Pokémon winced in pain. When I finished cleaning him off I reached into my first aid kit and pulled out the rubbing hydrogen peroxide and bandages. The Pokémon must have been real tired because every time I touched a cut with the alcohol he twitched in pain but didn't wake up. When the Pokémon was finally all clean and bandaged up I laid him on the bed. Then I went to my closet and found a clean blanket brought it to him and laid it over him leaving the flame out from under the cover and off the bed. When I looked at the flame it had grew a little bigger.
As the Pokémon lay on my bed I walked over to my computer, turned on the monitor and clicked the web icon. Google automatically popped up. In the search engine I typed in 'Pokémon' and clicked enter. Nothing popped up. It just said 'zero results for Pokémon'. That's when I typed up team rocket. But no luck, it said the same thing. I couldn't find anything on the internet so I decided to try another method. On my desk next to my computer I had a laptop. I opened the laptop and did something I haven't done in a while; I hacked into the government's main frame. The processes took a few minutes longer then the last time I did this. It took some warming up, but then I finally got it. "That's impossible. There's nothing on Pokémon or on team rocket." I said to myself. "Well there's nothing I can do right now but let this Pokémon sleep."
With that said I went to my living room sat down on the couch and watched TV. Around 1:00pm I made myself lunch and laid on the couch. After such a long day I was tired. That's when I decided to take a quick nap. Though I couldn't sleep on my bed because it was already occupied. So I kicked off my shoes and stayed on the couch. It didn't take me too long to fall asleep. I guess after what I've been through I deserved a nap. When next I opened my eyes, it was 7:18 pm. "Oh my, it's getting late I guess I should make dinner." When I made it to the kitchen I opened the fridge and thought about what to have for dinner. "Hmm well I have some left over stake from yesterday, some mash potatoes, and some macaroni and cheese... sounds good to me!" after I warmed up all the food. I made two plates One for me, and one for my guest. I didn't know what to serve the Pokémon so I just made him a plate like mine. I would set the plate on the floor when it's up and ready to eat.
After I set the plates on the table I went to my room to check up on the Pokémon. When I entered I saw him still lying in the bed. I was about to walk out of my room when I heard a noise that sounded like a moan. I walked towards the bed. Standing at the foot of the bed I stared at the Pokémon. He kept shifting for a few seconds till finally his eyes snapped open. He tried to sit up and it looked like it hurt him. I started walking up to him to help but once he saw me he freaked out. He jumped into the air and fell off the side of the bed. I couldn't help but giggle. When he got up he stood on two feet, I noticed that he looked kind of like a small t-rex, except for the fact he stood mostly straight up and was more rounded with the head and the body. He looked at me and started to make this sort of growl kind of noise. "Hey relax little guy, I'm not going to hurt you." I said trying to calm him down. He just looked at me with the same scared expression on his face. He opened his mouth and stood there as if he was waiting for something to come out. After a while a little puff of smoke came from the Pokémon's mouth. He closed his mouth and looked down his expression changed to embarrassment.
"Well that was a neat little trick you did there. Like I said I'm not here to harm you. I'm actually the one who saved you from, that team rocket jerk, whoever he was." I said to him. When he heard that he looked at me and seemed surprised. That's when I heard something growling; this time it was his stomach. He was hunger and I just made dinner. Boy isn't he lucky. "Well I can tell your hungry there's some food on the table if you want to come join me for dinner" I said to him as I turned around to walk to the kitchen. Before I left the room I looked around at the Pokémon and saw that he was debating on what to do. "You coming or not?" I asked. He looked at me then slowly followed me to the kitchen. When we made it to the table he could smell the food and when I looked at him he was licking his lips. "I knew you were hungry." I said as I pulled out the chair for him. I was going to help him up but when I reached to pick him up he pushed my hands away. Then he climbed up on the chair and looked at the food.
When I sat on my chair I looked at him then said "well dig in." He didn't wait another second. He just literally dug into the food. He ate so fast that when I was barely half way done he had already finished his whole plate. He leaned back in his chair let out a deep sigh, "man that was some good food" the Pokémon said. When I heard him speak it caught me by surprise that I could actually understand him. I didn't wait to reply to his comment. "Hell yea it was good! I made it myself. It better be good!" I loved to cook. I cooked all my life. I prided myself on my food. When I responded to the Pokémon his face light up in pure shock. Then he spoke again, "You... You can understand me?" he asked me. "We're talking aren't we?" I replied with a little sarcasm in my voice.
The Pokémon just sat there and stared at me. After two minutes of nothing he finally broke the silence. "Who are you?" he asked me. The question was pretty simple and had a simple answer. But I like being complicated. So instead of answering his question I asked him questions of my own. "I'm sorry but I found you and brought you to my house, so you're going to have to tell me who you are before anything." The Pokémon looked at me for a while, "My name is char." He said. "I'm a Pokémon called Charmander. I came from the Sinnoh region." That's where I interrupted him. "Hold up the Sinnoh region? Where is that?" I asked. "Well if you would wait I will tell you" He barked. "The Sinnoh region is a place on earth." "So if it's on earth then how come I never heard of it?" I cut in again. "Just listen." He said. "As I was saying. You've never heard of Pokémon before right?" I nodded at him. "Well where I come from the lands are filled with Pokémon, all different shapes and sizes. The reason why you've never heard of us is because we aren't from your earth." Hearing that just confused me to the max. He just said he was from earth but he wasn't from my earth I didn't get it. "Bare with me here. This may come to a shock to you but the reason why I say that is because I'm from another dimension of earth."
I didn't say a word. I just got up put the plates in the sink and walked to my room. "Wait a minute I'm not done talking." Char said as he followed behind me. "I know I just need to sit down on something comfortable. This is all so much for me to take in." I told him. Though I said I was going to sit down, right when I was in front of my bed I fell face first onto my bed and was knocked out. I was probably in bed for a good two hours before I heard a voice calling. "Hey wake up" the voice was saying. "Hey wake up." When I finally opened my eyes I saw James standing next to my bed looking at me. I looked at him for a while before saying, "where is he?" "Where's who?" James asked me. I looked around my room then back at James. "Where's char?" I asked. He looked at me then laughed a little. "Bro you're still half asleep. You were probably dreaming." Was it true was I really dreaming? Was none of that real?
"Anyhow, I went to the city today and I got a good friend of mine to hook us up." James said as he reached into a bag he was carrying. As he reached for something I looked behind him and saw in my bathroom was Char, he was standing right behind the door hiding from James. I quickly turned my head to James as he pulled out a bottle of rum. And not just any kind of rum, it was my favorite coconut rum. "There's also a thirty pack of Budlight in the living room with our name on it" James stated. It wasn't a dream. Char was real and everything that happened today was real. And now my brother is in my room asking if I want to drink with him, which on any other day I wouldn't mind doing but today I couldn't. This sucks, because with the day I had I could use a drink. "Sorry James but I'm not in the drinking kind of mood today." I told him. I could see the sadness in his face. "Oh. Don't worry I understand. You probably had a long day." He said to me. You don't know the half of it, I thought to myself. "Well then I'll let you get back to sleep" he said as he started walking off. "Wait." I told him. "Could you possibly leave the rum?" I asked "Sure thing bro. I got it for you." He said with a smile on his face as he set the bottle on my night stand. "Thanks James. Goodnight." "Goodnight Angel." He said as he walked out the door.
When I heard the door close I got up and locked the door then went to the bathroom. When I entered I saw Char hiding in the bathtub behind the curtain. "What are you doing?" I quietly asked Char. "After you fainted I sat on the bed next to you for a while. Then I heard a strange noise come from outside your room so I came in here to hide and that's when the other human came in." he told me. That was a good idea. I don't know what my brother would say if he saw Char. "So you're from a different dimension. How did you get here?" I asked him. He looked at me then in a disappointed voice he said, "I don't know. I've been here for a good month. I'm not the only one though, there's a lot more Pokémon being held captive by the group of people known as team rocket. I was able to escape from them; I wondered that night mostly staying hidden in tall grass. The next morning I was caught by one of those goons, they beat me up I was knocked out, and that's when I woke up here." He finished saying.
"That's when I saved you." I said feeling good about my action. "Yes and I'm forever in your debt" he said to me while bowing. "Hold it buddy don't start calling me master or anything. The names Angel." I said as I held my hand out for a hand shake. He took my hand and shook it. "Well Angel it's nice to meet you" Char told me. When we broke the hand shake I let out a huge yawn. "I think it's time we head off to bed don't you?" I asked Char. "It is pretty late, and I am tired." Char replied. "But before we go to bed I think I will crack open that bottle James got and get a little drink." I said as I went to the night stand and grabbed the bottle of coconut rum. "What's that Angel?" Char asked me. "Have you never heard of rum?" I asked Char. He shook his head. "Well your about to find out. Go grab me two of those small glass cups on top of that mini fridge." He did and when he brought them to me, I poured the two shots then closed the bottle and set it in the mini fridge. "Since we're going to bed and this is going to be your first time we each get one. Then off to bed." Char nodded and took the shot glass and put it to his snout and took a whiff, his face kind of shot back in revolt. "It taste better then it smells." I said as I held my shot glass towards him. "Now tap you glass to mine." I told him. He did it. "Bottoms up my little buddy" I said as we put the glasses to our lips and downed the shots.
The face on the little charmander was priceless. For a while it seemed like he didn't like it but once the taste kicked in, he looked at me and all he could say was "Wow." "Don't get your hopes up little Char that's all your getting for tonight." I told him before he got any ideas. When I finished setting up the bed I hopped under the cover, then I looked to the side of the bed and saw char standing there. "Well you coming to bed" I asked him. "You mean sleep in the same bed as you?" he asked. "Sure why not. You wouldn't be the first man to share the bed with me." I said to him. Messing with Char by giving him a little wink. That made his face turn even redder then it already was. But in the end he didn't deny it. He hopped onto the bed and curled up into a ball with his tail between his legs and the flame in front of his chest. "I'm guessing that's how you keep warm at night?" I asked. He looked up at me and said "Yes." "And don't worry I won't catch your bed on fire." He assured me. I replied with a simple "I trust you Char, goodnight." "Goodnight Angel"