It was a sunny day which was ironic as the Cinnabar Gym Leader was a fire-type specialist.
Pidgeys flew here and there in the morning sky. Clouds were white as snow. It was cold and I wished I had carried a sweater.
But Pallet Town wasn't far from Cinnabar, I could change my clothes when I get home.
For now, I had to apply all my brains to think where the Cinnabar Gym was. Sabrina said that it had shifted to a new place, but what is it.
Sabrina should not use her powers as we do not know what could be the consequences.
We sat inside a restaurant, eating breakfast.
I and Leaf ate pancakes. Sabrina had sushi.
'Where could be this gym ?', said Leaf.
'Can't we ask the people who live here?', asked Sabrina.
I slammed my head onto the table.
'Why didn't I think that before', I said.
'Great', said Leaf.
Leaf walked to a random person and asked where the gym was. The woman said that the gym was somewhere to the north side but she never saw it.
'The citizens don't even know where it is', said Leaf.
'She said it is in the northern part of the City', said Sabrina. 'We can search for the gym there'.
'What are we waiting for ? Let's go !', I shouted, cheerfully.
'Red, finish your breakfast first', said Sabrina.
Leaf laughed.
Later, we searched for the gym in the northern part of the city.
But we had no chance. Not even a clue where the gym was. We tried to ask many citizens but they also didn't know about the whereabouts.
We searched it till the afternoon but unfortunately have to stop because of our tiredness. Sabrina still looked like she had done nothing.
We rested inside the PokeCentre.
'Leaf, you said that your father worked in some lab, here in Cinnabar', I said.
'Yeah, but he never allows me come visit him', said Leaf.
'We are trainers now, so let's not visit him and just visit the lab', I said.
'Good brain', said Leaf. 'Sleepy Red not so sleepy'.
We walked outside, the lab was just next door.
The board outside said - Pokemon Research Lab.
I rushed inside followed by Leaf and Sabrina. The lab was big, it had all sorts of stuff that you can find in science fiction movies.
Suddenly, a scientist walked to us. Show your ID cards, trainers.
I showed my Pokedex, so did Leaf.
'So, here for what ?', asked the Scientist.
'What do you mean ?', I asked.
'For trainers, we just have - Information to Pokemon, Fossil Regeneration and Examination', said the Scientist.
'What is Fossil Regeneration ?', I asked.
'If you have a Fossil, we can regenerate it into the Pokemon it is of', said the Scientist. 'It takes a few days'.
'Yes, we do have fossils', I said.
'So, let's move', said the Scientist.
We followed the Scientist.
'So which one of them is your father ?', I asked Leaf.
'Red, my parents are in Sinnoh, remember ?', asked Leaf.
'Oops, almost forgot', I said.
'Fossil Regeneration, this is what I do here', he said.
We handed over our fossils.
'Oh, Kabuto and Omanyte, impressive', said the Scientist.
'You mean those ancient Pokémon ?', I asked.
'Yes, but the fossils are common nowadays', said the Scientist. 'But I received the rarest fossil in the morning, belonging to Aerodactyl from a trainer named Blue'.
'Aerodactyl ?', I said.
'It's an ancient Pokémon. Even older than Kabuto and Omanyte. It is the ancestor of big flying Pokemons', said Sabrina.
'And the gym leader has knowledge about fossils', said the Scientist.
'No, I have knowledge about Aerodactyl', said Sabrina.
'You will get your fossils in three days', said the Scientist. 'Do some sightseeing'.
We did as he said. We did some sightseeing for the next three days, also tried to search for the gym but no luck.
We didn't see Blue also in Cinnabar Island. I talked to Professor Oak but he also had no idea about it.
After three days the Scientist handed us our new Pokemons resurrected from the Fossils.
I sent Wartortle to Professor Oak as I had too many water types in my team and kept Kabuto.
Finally, we came across a sign board saying - Pokemon Gym.
We followed the sign board and continued towards the Cinnabar Volcano which was a dormant volcano and did not erupt for many decades.
I had no idea why people even lived in Cinnabar Island.
The volcano had a tunnel, we continued inside.
'It is really hot in here', I said.
'Oh god', said Leaf.
Nothing happened to Sabrina, as usual.
The tunnel got us to a battle area completely sealed from all directions.
A man sat at the end on throne like chair.
He was old and had no hair. He wore a lab coat or something.
'Welcome to Cinnabar Gym', he said. 'My name is Blaine and I'm the gym Leader'.
'I am here to challenge you', I said.
'Okay, but first I will ask you a few questions. The number of questions you get wrong, you have to battle me that many times plus one', said Blaine.
'So if I get all of them right, I'll just have to battle you once', I said.
'Yes', he said.
'Okay',I said.
'How many badges do you need to qualify for the Pokemon League', asked Blaine.
'Eight', I said. 'Easy as a pie'.
'What is the value of pi ?', asked Blaine. 'Just kidding'.
'3.1416', I said. 'Easy as a pi'.
'That was not a question', said Blaine. 'Is TM 28, Volcano ?'.
'No, there is no such thing as Volcano Attack', I said.
'Correct again',said Blaine. 'What type do you need to defeat me ?'.
'Water, which I have', I said.
'Last question, which Pokemon is known as the Spitfire Pokemon ?', asked Blaine.
'Don't know, wait, Spitfire ? Uh- Charizard ?', I said.
'Wrong', said Blaine. 'You'll have to battle me twice. I can use four Pokemons, you can use all'.
'When is the match ?', I asked.
'Go Ponyta', said Blaine. 'The first match would be simple'.
'Go Kabuto', I said.
'Red, you never trained with him', said Leaf.
'I will now, Kabuto, use Aquajet',I said, looking at it's attacks in the Pokedex.
Ponyta fainted.
'Whoa', said Leaf.
'Good', said Blaine. 'As I said, the first one is easy. Go Flareon'.
'Kabuto, use Aquajet', I said.
Flareon fainted.
Kabuto flashed and grew in size. It grew bigger and gained hands and legs. Finally, it evolved.
I pointed my Pokedex towards the evolved form in excitement.
'Kabutops, a Shellfish Pokemon. it's sleek shape is perfect for swimming. It slashes prey with it's claws and drains their fluid', explained the Pokedex.
Leaf laughed after hearing - shellfish Pokemon.
'I don't think that you can win with only one Pokémon', shouted Blaine, confidently.
'I bet I can', I said
'I choose, Vulpix', said Blaine
'Kabutops, use Mudshot', I said.
'Vulpix, use Flamethrower', said Blaine.
'Kabutops, use Aquajet', I said.
'Vulpix, use Will-O-Wisp', said Blaine.
Kabutops' health got critical.
'Kabutops, use Absorb', I said.
Kabutops' health restored a little.
'Vulpix, use Will-O-Wisp', said Blaine.
Kabutops fainted.