Kyle at the Lab

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<sup>Kyle was now on his way to laboratory, excited about finally getting his first official pokemon. But when he was just a couple of meters away, he stopped. It could have been that finally realizing that he could fulfill what he wanted took a shock to him. He wondered if this was what he truly wanted. "Of coarse it is" said a mysterious voice, Kyle chose to ignore the vioce. He stared blankly at the lab doors. Thinking of what could be inside. A voice behind his head nagged him "You'll find out when you go inside" said the voice with a playful tone. Kyle ignored the voice again, not at all wondering why there was a voice in his head.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "Don't be nervous" said the voice again. True, Kyle was getting nervous by the second. He took another breath and held it, after a moment, he let it out again. He stared at the door blankly once more. Is this what I really want to do?, he asked himself. "Everything is all about taking risks, you just have to do , what you have to do" said the voice simply. He took heed to these words and he knocked at the door three times, he added another for extra measure.He was hoping that the professor would have an eevee, for the pokemon brought back the memories of the old one.

If only it was possible he thought. He was starting to feel low know that he was here. What if there really weren't any eevee in this region or perhaps they were too rare to be given away to ordinary trainers like him. He shuddered at the thought and waited for someone to respond to his knock on the door.</sup>

[Kris]

An excited little Totodile jumped out of the door and into his arms. It grinned and squirted water into his face.

"Get back here Totodile!"

A young woman with red hair ran out of the lab. Her face was flushed and the red hair was struggling to get out of the ponytail it was confined in. She stopped as she as she saw Kyle, which caused her to fall.

"Oww..." she said, rubbing her head. It had just hit the wall of the lab which wasn't the softest.

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^{Kyle held the Totodile in his arms tightly, despite his wet face. Holding on to the Totodile with one arm, he bent down to the Young woman the asked "Are you alright?" his hand outstretched for the woman to grasp on to. If it weren't for the Totodile he would have held her with both arms and pulled her up. Hopefully, the Totodile wouldn't squirm as much.}

[Kris]

The Totodile began to struggle, wanting to be free. The lady took his hand and pulled herself up. She smiled at him and pulled a berry out of her pocket. She held it up to the Totodile's mouth. The water pokemon snatched it, greedily. It ate it in one gulf and fell asleep rather quickly. The woman took the water pokemon and held him in her arms.

"Thankyou."

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^{"Your welcome" he replied, slightly perturbed by why the Totodile had suddenly fallen asleep. He quickly got over this and then remembered why was he here in the first place. "I was told that I could get my starter pokemon here" He told the woman "Was I misinformed?" He stared at the sleeping Totodile still wondering why it had fallen asleep all so sudden. Maybe the berry had some kind of sleeping potion in it answered the voice, slightly irritated by the boy's focus on such simple things.}

[Kris]

The lady ignored the boy's staring at the Totodile. "Yes, you were right. I'm Professor Lori, the main professor here," she said, in a distracted voice.

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^{"Er..well then, I guess like most people, I'm here for my pokemon" he said, rather fast, hoping that it wouldn't offend the Professor of any sort. Then he stared back at the Totodile still in his arms. He quickly held it up to the Professor "I think he belongs to you"}

[Kris]

Lori nodded. She took the Totodile and patted it on the head before returning it to a pokeball. She opened the door and stepped inside. Inside of the lab, were several couches on one wall. A whole wall was filled with computers and other things. Another space was devoted to her pokemon. A Mighteyna was asleep in a nearby basket with 3 Poocheyna surrounding her. A Cyndaquil and Chikorita sat on the floor.

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^{"Are these the pokemon for the starters?" he asked, blinking at the Cyndaquil and Chikorita on the floor. Then when he went over his question, he suddenly noticed how stupid it sounded. "I thought there was another way to get pokemon" he said quickly, afraid to sound stupid again. The voice in his head chuckled with laughter. Kyle could feel his face burning. Was it really necessary for the stupid thing to laugh?}

[Kris]

Lori laughed. "There is. I was just giving these pokemon some food when Totodile ran out," she said. The two pokemon on the floor looked a little sad though. Not very many people took them.

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<sup>Kyle stared at the two pokemon on the floor, noticing the sad look in them. They look healthy, I wonder why no one wants them he told the voice. He had gotten use to the thing making comments every now and then. Maybe their weak it chuckled back. Well, maybe it wasn't such a good idea to consult the stupid thing anyway.

Kyle looked back at the two pokemon again. Would he really pick one of them? The voice bursted into a fury, telling him not to pick one of the two pokemon but Kyle tried to ignore it. "I'll take the Chikorita" he said, still trying to ignore the mental shouts that the voice was making.</sup>

[Kris]

She looked suprised. "Are you sure?" she asked. Sure, she wanted these pokemon to get new trainers, but she didn't want to do it by guilt.

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^{Stop, Don't do it yelled the voice. Kyle was breathing loudly, mainly because the voice was making his head hurt with all its shouting. "I'm going to get that Chikorita" he told the voice angrily. "Yes I am" he answered aloud to the Professor, putting on a sort of strained grin.}

[Kris]

She didn't look persuaded, but shrugged. She bent down and picked up the Chikorita. Lori stood up and handed her to him. The professor wanted once more to be sure.

"Are you positive? This is your last chance in case you don't want to get this Chikorita," she said.

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^{"Yes" he answered before the voice could give him another mental shout. The chikorita didn't seem that bad, it actually looked cute to him.}