Pokemon Red Nuzlocke Story (Chapter 4)

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                                                        Chapter 4: Do ghosts exist?
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Current Team:

level 5 Magikarp - level 20 Fearow - level 21 Raticate - level 23 Geodude - level 23 Ivysaur - level 24 Alakazam
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After beating LT. Surge, I went back to the Pokemon Center to get my team back together. While I was on the P.C., I noticed that
little Magikarp I had caught before was just laying there. People around the Pokemon Center told me it was useless, but I'm sure
that's not true. I decided to take it with me to train it and maybe see if it would evolve. Sadly, it was level 5, which is very low
compared to the rest of my team, so I went outside to train it. The training session was really good, and Magikarp evolved into a
Gyarados at level 20! It looks really fierce and strong. Those people in the Pokemon Center probably don't know anything about
Pokemon, this thing's great! Now, I must march onwards to the next place that has a Gym, Celadon City. Apparently, the only way to
get to Celadon city is through the tunnel next to Lavender Town, so I must head for Lavender Town. I got a call from one of Professor
Oak's aides, asking me to go back to Route 2 to get a gift. Route 2 is very far from Vermilion City and there's no way to go back
because of the slopes on Mt. Moon. However, the aide told me that Diglett's Cave is actually directly connected to Route 2, so I
raced on to Route 2 to get my gift! When I met with the aide, he said he would only give me the gift on one condition... I'd have to
have caught or owned at least 10 different types of Pokemon. Of course, I had fulfilled that condition since long ago, I've owned 23
different types of Pokemon. He gave me the HM05, which contains Flash. It's very convenient, I mean, now I can light up any dark cave
as long as I have a Pokemon with Flash on my team. I gave my thanks to the aide and went back to Vermilion City. I checked out my map
and to get to Lavender Town, I need to go through a dark cave called Rock Tunnel, but first I had to get back to Cerulean City again.
I am now at Cerulean City, so I went East towards Route 9. I wanted to get a new Pokemon, but the road was full of trainers. The
first trainer I faced was just a girl scout, but her Pokemon were very annoying. They poisoned my Gyarados, so I had to run back to
Cerulean City's Pokemon Center to heal it. After that was done with, I went back to Route 6 to storm through! As I went through each
trainer, I noticed there was some grass on the top of the hill, so I went to check it out. No new Pokemon here either, my luck was
getting worse by the minute. I ventured on through the route, fighting every trainer until I found myself on Route 10. I was a bit
discouraged because Route 9 was the second route where I was unable to find any new Pokemon, so I went through Route 10 without
looking through the tall grass. As I walked, I noticed a Poke Ball on the ground. It was fairly larger than the usual Poke Ball, so I
thought that was a Poke Ball to catch a very big or strong Pokemon. I went to grab it, but I couldn't help but to scream and run away
as the ball turned around and made electricity noises. My Pokedex activated and said it was the Pokemon Voltorb! Something new,
finally! I sent out my Ivysaur and poisoned it with Poisonpowder, which made is easier to catch, although it took me 3 Poke Balls to
get him. There was a Pokemon Center on Route 10, so I went to heal my Pokemon there, and I overheard some people talking about
Lavender Town, so I guess I eavesdropped for a little bit. They said Lavender Town has ghosts, so I was a bit shaken up... But,
that's probably just Ghost-type Pokemon, right? I left the Pokemon Center and entered the Rock Tunnel. As soon as I went down the
ladder inside, I couldn't see a thing. I used my HM05 on my Alakazam, so it could use Flash and light up the cave for me. It worked!
I could see very clearly inside thanks to Alakazam! To my misfortune, the first thing I saw on the cave was a bat flying at me. My
Pokedex said it was a Zubat! As always, I caught it as quickly as possible, no problems whatsoever. I went on through the Rock Tunnel
trying to find a way out, and I ran into many trainers along the way, one of them was a hiker who had a Graveler. When I fought him,
I used my Alakazam against him, but... he used Self-Destruct... my Alakazam... it survived with only a little health left. Poor
Alakazam looked like he was ready to drop, so tried going through Rock Tunnel as fast as possible, knocking out every trainer that
stood in front of me... As I finished one of these battles, my Geodude began to glow white, it was evolving! Now it's a Graveler!
It has 4 arms for some reason, but it looks so strong! I went on doing more and more battles and before I was out of the cave, my
Graveler evolved into a Golem! It's strange how quickly it evolved, but I can't say I understand many other things in the Pokemon
world. I managed to exit the Rock Tunnel and there were a few trainers outside, but I tried to avoid them because my Pokemon were
really hurt and I was worried for Alakazam. I reached Lavender Town, and as I thought, not a ghost in sight. I healed up my Pokemon
and went back up to Route 10 to face the trainers I had avoided before. None of them were much of a challenge, so I went back to
Lavender Town. I talked to a man in front of the Pokemon Center, he said that there's ghosts in the Pokemon Tower, and that they may
be the spirits of Pokemon killed by Team Rocket... killing... Pokemon? I was overwhelmed by confusion and anger at the same time, I
couldn't believe that Team Rocket would go as far as to kill a Pokemon, especially when I'm running around with a curse that every
Pokemon I own cannot faint, or they would die... I explored more of Lavender Town and found a house with a few people and some
Pokemon. They said the house belonged to someone called Mr. Fuji, who looks after abandoned Pokemon. It's very nice of this Mr. Fuji
to do something like this, especially with Team Rocket going around harming Pokemon. I left the house to look for Mr. Fuji, I
couldn't find him, he wasn't anywhere on the town. There was one place left to check, though, the Pokemon Tower. I went inside to
check it out. Everyone inside was so sad... there was a man crying for his dead Clefairy, and a woman crying over her Growlithe...
the atmosphere here wasn't very good for me, so I tried to go up to the stairs, but this old lady told me that there's spirits up
to mischief up in the tower and that I should be careful. I went upstairs and found... Blue. Why is he here? No way any of his
Pokemon died. When he talked to me, he was as rude as ever, so I highly doubt anything happened to his Pokemon. He even said he would
make my Pokemon faint, since he couldn't kill them. That's it, I'm through with this guy, I'm beating him right here, right now,
again!

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Current Team:

level 25 Golem - level 25 Raticate - level 25 Fearow - level 25 Gyarados - level 26 Alakazam - level 27 Ivysaur
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As always, he started with his Pidgeotto, and since I already knew that, I led with Golem. Golem had a hard time hitting Pidgeotto
with Rock Throw, but he eventually got a hit and took it down in 1 hit. Next, he sent out an Exeggcute, a Grass/Psychic-type Pokemon.
I wasn't sure what it was capable of, but I pressed on with Golem's Rock Throw attack. I was unable to do much damage to it, so I
switched out to my Gyarados and used Dragon Rage! Of course, that took Exeggcute down. Next, he sent out his own Gyarados, so I used
Dragon Rage on it as well, and it went down in 2 hits. His Kadabra is up next. I used Bite this time, because Kadabra's Defense stat
is very low, so I thought I could finish it in 1 hit. I was right about that, it couldn't take a single Bite attack. Last, he sent
out his Charmeleon, which I attacked with Dragon Rage and Bite until it was also defeated. I beat him fairly easily, and he keeps
saying he was going easy. Something's strange, though... where is his Raticate? He had 5 Pokemon on his team, so he could easily
have brought it with him. Whatever, what he does is no concern of mine. After I beat him, he said he had just caught a Cubone on the
upper floors, but that he couldn't find its evolution, Marowak, anywhere. I wasn't going to stay behind, so I went up the next
staircase to the 3rd floor to see if I could get a Ghost-type Pokemon or maybe a Cubone of my own, I've never seen one before. Just
as I step into the 3rd floor, I noticed a strange feeling on the floor... It was cold, and I could hear moans and  other noises
coming from the upper floors. As I took my next step, I heard a noise, as if there was wind blowing, but that wasn't possible, I was
inside a tower. Next, I hear a faint voice from upper floors, it's whispering something... I can't tell what it's saying, though...
"Get out"... It wants me to... get out... I got scared, I had never seen a Ghost-Type Pokemon before, nor this Cubone Pokemon, so
I didn't know what they could do or what they looked like, so I ran away, down the stairs, until I left the building, covered in
sweat, my heart racing. I decided to go west to Route 8, maybe get a new Pokemon as I head for Celadon City. I had a battle with a
Lass on the way, but as always, it was an easy one. I noticed some grass in the middle of the route, so I went over there to see if
there was a new Pokemon. After a lot of searching, I noticed a little fluffy tail sticking out from the grass a bit far away from
me. I slowly crept up on it, and it turned around and growled at me, it was a Growlithe! I sent out my Ivysaur to catch it. But
then I remembered that documentary I once saw on TV about Growlithe. It said it uses its Roar attack to try to intimidate the
opponent back into it's Poke Ball before it runs away from battle. I threw out a Great Ball at it as soon as the battle started to
avoid losing it, and it didn't work. Growlithe, however, didn't use Roar. It used Bite on my Ivysaur, but I threw another Great Ball
at it, and I was able to catch it with that one. After catching Growlithe, I was very eager to get to Celadon City, so I went to the
Underground Path that connects Route 7 and Route 8 while avoiding as many trainers as possible. When I was out of the Underground
Path, there was some tall grass right behind the gate, so I went to check it out. Nothing new here, it appears Route 7 and 8 have
the same Pokemon. At last, I arrived at Celadon City. The city's huge, so I started to explore. I ran into a restaurant, and some
guy gave me a Coin Case so I could play on the Game Corner, but another man told me to be careful because the Game Corner is run by
Team Rocket. I went to the Game Corner, and everything looked normal. Many slots lined up next to each other and quite a number of
people playing on them. Many of them gave me free coins so I could play, and so I did. I played for a bit and got 344 coins, but then
I left and went to the building next door to the Game Corner. They said I could exchange my coins for prizes, and there it was, a
little snake-looking Pokemon I hadn't seen before. The lady at the counter said it was a Dratini worth 2800 coins. I hurried over
back to the Game Corner slots to get some coins. It took me about 20 minutes, but I managed to get all the necessary coins to get my
Dratini, and so I did. It was very cute, but I left it in the P.C. because I wasn't going to need him just yet. I found the Celadon
City Gym just south behind a bunch of trees. I peeked through the window and it was filled with girls... only girls were inside. I
left to go plan how to beat this Gym. I planned to take Drowzee, Alakazam and Beedrill, but Drowzee and Beedrill's level were very
low, so I had to go train them. I used Route 7 and 8 to toughen them both up before heading to the Gym. Once inside, the trainers
inside were very annoying, as they kept paralyzing and poisoning my Pokemon, so I had to go back to the Pokemon Center after each
battle. Once I beat them all, I challenged her... except she was asleep for some reason, but she woke up quickly enough. She's very
polite and her name is Erika. She uses Grass-type Pokemon, as I already knew. Now, the next step of the stairs to the Pokemon League
pop up!

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Current Team:

level 29 Beedrill - level 26 Hypno - level 27 Alakazam
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She led the battle with Victreebel, the evolved form of Weepinbell. I led with my Beedrill, because Bug-type Pokemon resist
Grass-type Pokemon and in case she has any Poison-type Pokemon, Bug also hits those super-effectively! Victreebell is a dual
Grass/Poison-type Pokemon, so this thing's probably not going to last much. I told Beedrill to use Twineedle and Victreebel wasn't
able to take both hits. Next, she sent out Tangela. That thing is a Grass-type Pokemon, and a very creepy one, too. I also used
Beedrill's Twineedle for this one, since it should do enough damage to it. I wasn't able to finish it off with both hits of Twineedle
so Tangela had a chance to grab Beedrill with its Bind attack, and it wouldn't let go of him! Beedrill didn't look like it was in
much pain so I just waited until Tangela lowered its grip... "Use Twineedle now!". Beedrill stung Tangela on its vines and managed
to break free of its grip. Tangela dropped to the ground and was recalled to its Poke Ball. Erika's last Pokemon was Vileplume. It
was pretty much the same as Victreebel, it went down in a single set of Twineedle. It was a really good idea to bring Beedrill with
me to this battle! I didn't even need Hypno or Alakazam. Once defeated, Erika handed to me the Rainbow Badge. It looks really pretty
under the sunlight. Now that I have 4 badges, I'm halfway through with my goal of challenging the Pokemon League. I don't think
anything can stop me at this point...

To be continued...