Chapter 71: CHAPTER 60 – FIRE
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It's been a while since I put the Squirtle to sleep and it's amazing how long they can be asleep if they're not in a fight, why will they wake up faster if they're in a fight? It's a mystery that we'll never find the answer to, but back to the important topic, after a while, the Squirtles woke up.
They slowly opened their eyes, and although they didn't understand what was going on at first, when they realized they were tied up, they became nervous and quickly tried to break the ropes and run away.
"Squir!" the chief exclaimed.
He seemed to say something like, "we have to break free."
"Tle!" – said the rest.
"Wait a minute, before you leave the time has come to talk a little" – I said suddenly.
The Squirtles were shocked and looked ahead and remembered the person in front of them, it was the young man who had tried to teach them a lesson before!
"Squirt!" the Squirtle exclaimed.
It was as if he was saying, "Let us go immediately!"
"Don't worry, we're going to let you go and you can leave, but first let's talk a little about your behavior" – Celeste said.
The Squirtles looked at the women next to the boy and assumed they were his comrades.
"Squirtle!" the boss exclaimed.
"Don't you want to talk to us? It seems to me that you have no choice" – I sighed.
I already knew they wouldn't want to talk, so I have no choice but to threaten them a bit.
"Ivysaur, come out" – I said.
Ivysaur stepped out of his Pokéball and stood next to me, waiting for orders.
"Squirtle?" – asked the boss.
"Easy, either we talk a little or I'll make my partner here next to me use the same attack as before, but this time you'll wake up in the police station, you know who the police are, right?" – I said.
That's right, this is the only way, I just hope they give in to the threat, for their sake and for the sake of the mission, ah... and also for the rest of the people of this city, of course.
"Squir..." – the boss nodded.
His friends also nodded, after all, what other remedy did he have? The boy seemed to be telling the truth and they didn't want to be handed over to the police, so they had no choice but to listen to what they had to say, the good thing is that they would just listen and then leave, nothing they were told could convince them to stop what they were doing.
"Perfect, then let's begin, to begin with, you are going to answer a question, why do you play jokes on people?" – I asked curiously.
"Squi, rtle, squir" – said the chief.
"Don't you know how to do anything else? Why do you say that? I think you can do a lot of things other than play jokes" – I said.
"Squirtle?" the Squirtle asked.
"Like helping to put out the fires, Koharu told me that your water-type attacks are extremely powerful, why not help the firefighters put out the fires? I'm sure they would be very grateful to have your help" – I suggested.
The girls nodded, it wasn't really a bad idea, if the Squirtles joined the fire department, they would kill two birds with one stone, stop making mischief and instead help people in distress and thanks to their water-type attacks, it will be easy to put out the fires.
The Squirtles were surprised to hear Ash's suggestion because it was not a bad idea in the least, so they could spend their energies on helping people, besides, lately making jokes amused them less and less, so their jokes were getting heavier and heavier, but they were tired of always running away from the police and people running away when they saw them, At least before, when they were unimportant jokes, people laughed with them, now and on the other hand, people hated them.
"Squir" – said the chief.
"Think about it, we would accompany you and explain everything to the firefighters so that they let you in there" – I said.
The boss thought about it and looked at his colleagues who seemed to be waiting for his orders and sighed, the boy is right, maybe it's time to stop making jokes and help the people who treated them so kindly, before they even fed them, but now they had to steal food to eat because there were no fruit trees near them that they could eat.
But before the Squirtle could answer, two young men ran past him as they talked of something curious.
"Come on, quick, they say there's a fire in a building near this park, we have to see it!" – said one young man.
"I'm already running as fast as I can, go ahead and start recording!" – exclaimed the other.
"Well, I'll broadcast it live on the internet!" – said the other young man.
Then the two ran away at a high speed.
"Have you heard that? I don't think you need to ask the fire chief because if he sees you in action he will hire you immediately, let's go" – I said.
Then I let go of their ropes, trusting that they would come instead of escaping.
The Squirtle looked at the boy, he was really trying to help them, anyone else would have turned them in to the police, but he didn't, he was helping them to redirect their lives, to stop them from being criminals who steal food, troublemakers who play jokes on people and hurt them, there was no point in refusing his request, in fact, the most sensible thing to do was to accept it.
"Squir, squir!" – said the boss looking at his colleagues.
"Squitle!" – said the rest raising their hands.
Then the five of them put on sunglasses, you know, the same ones they had in the anime.
"Let's go!" – I said hurriedly.
Although the fire was a fluke, it is still a fire after all and it is very likely that there are people trapped, help must be provided as soon as possible.
And with that said, we all ran in the direction where the other guys ran.
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It didn't take long for us to arrive because as we got closer, we could see a huge column of smoke.
"It's there, let's go!" – Roxanne exclaimed.
It wasn't long until we arrived at the scene of the fire and sure enough, a house was burning, the firefighters were there with 5 Wartotle who seemed to be doing their best to put out the fire together with the firefighters, but the house was too big for so few people, so they couldn't put out the fire completely.
"Let's not waste time, come on, Squirtle, show your power, use all Water Gun!" – I exclaimed.
In a situation like this there is no time for stupid conversations, you have to take action as soon as possible.
Normally they wouldn't listen to anyone, but this was a special situation, so the Squirtle heeded and launched their powerful attacks towards the fire.
"Huh?" – said the firefighters.
Surprised at the unexpected help, the firefighters looked at the five Squirtles curiously and nodded, the more help, the better, they were short of personnel and this help suited them like a glove.
The firefighters together with the Wartotle and the Squirtle squad worked together to put out the fire and little by little it was subsiding, it was a matter of minutes before the fire was completely extinguished, but...
"Let me in, I beg you!" – exclaimed a woman.
She was a woman in her 30s, with waist-length hair, brunette, large breasts and stunning beauty.
"Madam, it's very dangerous, it can't happen!" – exclaimed a firefighter.
"But my daughter is trapped inside, I need to get her out, please, my daughter!" – the woman said desperately.
"The fire is still on, entering the house would be suicide at this point!" – exclaimed the firefighter.
"I have to try, she's the only thing I have!" – the woman exclaimed through tears.
The firefighter was holding her down to prevent the woman from entering.
By chance, the leader of the Squirtle managed to hear everything the woman said and her desperation moved her, so he gathered all the courage he had left and threw himself directly into the house with the intention of rescuing the girl who was inside the house.
"Wait, I'm coming with you, you'll need help!" – I exclaimed.
"Squirtle!" – Squirtle nodded.
Even if he finds it, there is no certainty that he will be able to get it out of the house as it is a very small Pokémon, so it will need help.
"Wait, Ash!" – the girls said.
But it was too late because Ash had entered the house with Squirtle.