Chapter 39 - Viridian Gym leader.

The three heroes have left the shadows base and are now resting in the Viridian city Pokemon center. After following Mismagius and leaving the base they were sent to a team who lead them via teleportation to the center. Here they were checked of their identity as their wounds were treated and their Pokemons were deposited for treatment. The entire time Mismagius was with Alex and followed him.

This Mismagius was quite close with Alex as if it knew him from before. Alex was freely able to talk with her, but Lance and Lorelei were given cold reception. Mismagius communicated with Alex via telepathy. While talking with her, Alex also inquired how to teach telepathy to Haunter.

She was able to highlight different steps to teach Haunter that. For her being so open to him confused him, but since she was a pokemon of Agatha and he doesn't think she would gain anything from him he didn't bother much. After the treatment they headed to their room and rested there and Mismagius still followed him.

As soon as Alex laid down on the bed he fell asleep. He woke up next at the crack of dawn as he had developed this habit since childhood. As soon as he sat up from sleep Mismagius floated towards him and greeted telepathically,' Good morning Alex. Did you have a nice rest.'

" Yes I rested well. Thanks for asking. Did you stay here the entire time ?" Alex inquired her. Mismagius just replied,' Agatha wanted me to stay with you until your pokemons are all healed up. So it doesn't matter.'

Alex thought of why was Mismagius so ambiguous with him and inquired," Why did you help me and why are you so cooperative with me?" ' what do you mean ? I don't understand your question.' she replied. " I meant you practically ignored Lance and Lorelei but you were much friendly with me. I don't remember I met you or Agatha before do I am just curious.".

Hearing it, Mismagius was thinking to herself,' It seems meeting him made me forget we have not met according to him. and we will meet in the future. ' then she replied to Alex,'This is because of how powerful your Haunter is. Agatha thinks you would be a great ghost specialist so she told me to help you.' while mentally patting herself for thinking of this great reason. Alex too believed this might be the case since Lance was Dragon type and Lorelei dreamt of being ice type specialist. He continued to talk and know more about how to train his Haunter and what his kind likes or what not.

Alex then thanked and went to complete his daily routine. While he was bathing, Mismagius thought,' He was sharp even when he was do young. Good thing I remembered his rule, A good lie is one with the most truth. And Agatha wanted his ghost type to be stronger.'

After bathing he went downstairs to eat with Mismagius following him. It was about 9'o clock in the morning by now. In the cafeteria he saw both Lance and Lorelei had already arrived and greeted them there and also Mismagius who followed him . She just nodded in greeting and floated around Alex. Lorelei then asked," Did you rest well last night,Alex ?" to this he replied," I slept like a Snorlax and now I am very hungry." he had already given his order and then they continued to talk about small things till the food came.

After eating, Lance said," At what time did Agatha want to meet us? "

Lorelei answered him," She told us to meet her at 10:30 at the Viridian gym so we have nearly half an hour left. We should now get going."

They all then went to nurse joy who handed them their less wounded Pokemon such as

Alex :. Pidgeotto, Eevee, Swinub and butterfree

Lance now had : Nidorino, Horsea , Kadabra

Lorelei had : Smoochum , Slowpoke , Sneasel

After taking them they followed Mismagius to Agatha. (It was said that ghost type distinguish people by their life energy and they can easily trace a life energy they know if it is nearby. This is how she confirmed that this was the same Alex she knew from before.)

As they passed by they saw many people roaming in the streets. After many days in the forest arriving in the city was refreshing. This help calm down their nerves and relieved their tension from encountering Fang.

After fifteen minutes of walk they reached Viridian gym. At the gate there were two people in armour who stopped them from directly entering the gym. He enquired rudely," What are you doing here? Here is not the place for sightseeing. Gym is closed now. Leave here."

This tone made them unhappy but Lorelei being most calm among the three replied," We were asked to come here. so please let us enter."

The guard then looked at her for some time then he used his communicator and enquired," Is there anyone who should be coming to the gym. ..... yes yes ok it will be done." He then warned them ," You may enter but don't do anything to dishonor the gym. and follow me. I will take you to the gym leader " He then opened the door and headed in.

The three along with Mismagius entered the gym and followed the guard. As they entered they saw in both sides there were statues of people and Pokemons in armour and battle position. If one asked Alex he would say they were entering a Coloseum. After some twists and turns they came in front of a door and before Knocking he once again warned them to behave.

Then he knocked in the door a single voice,"Enter" rang. The guard then motioned them inside. After entering they saw four people in the room, Three males and one female. The males in their late twenties and female in the late forties.

Alex only recognised Agatha and one other male and this too because this was one of the most influential character of Pokemon he knew of. He was the gym leader of Viridian city, Giovanni.

Giovanni was a brown haired black eyed handsome man in his late twenties and wore a black suit with a red tie and seated just beside Agatha. He was looking at all three of the young trainers and was probably thinking if their skills.

Alex however also looked at the two other people in the room. One was a blonde haired man in military clothes and other was a black haired in what seem to be ninja attire.

Agatha started the talks and said to the three,

" Good morning to you all. Thank you for coming here ."

Why were the three trainers called here? Why did Mismagius know about Alex? What will happen next? Stay tuned.