Amelia scooped up the second Poke Ball, and her second catch of the day. Both of these Pokemon would likely prove useful to her future goals as a Pokemon Ranger. Giving her more options in the future to deal with dangerous situations, or so she hoped. Maybe with a little more training, especially, the wild Cramorant.

She has also, once again, failed to notice the activities of the little alien who stood behind them. Silently, or so it seemed to Amelia, catching just as many Pokemon as she was. The young Ranger turned to Altagracia and smiled, once more. “I look forward to the day I am able to help you with your research. Please, call me or the Rangers, if you do need any help. I would be more than happy to offer any assistance, I can.” Amelia bowed her head, twice.

As she did, so, something burst out of the water. Deluging her in river water from head to toe. She screamed from the sudden cold, jumped backwards. Her uniform while waterproof electronically, didn’t prove to be warming when wet. Shivering and dripping from her visor; Amelia turned to look to see what had splashed her.

It was another Pokemon. This made six sudden appearances and a third for Amelia. This one was a fish. A very large bright blue fish. Although parts of it seemed to be luminous, as the head stalk glowed faintly as did the fins. "Rotom, scan!"

“Scanning! Scanning!” Rotom said, as the emoticon face appeared across the visor. “Lanturn! Light Pokemon. It’s Water/Electric Type! It blinds prey with an intense burst of light. With the prey incapacitated, the Pokémon swallows it in a single gulp.”

“Oh wow. I mean. Oh no, you can’t breathe out of the water. I better get you back in the water now.” She said, bending down to take a closer look at the sparkling fish, or should that be sparking…

As she bent down, it seemed to charge itself with electrical energy that prevented Amelia from touching the forlorn and seemingly trapped fish. “I’ll try and catch you instead! How about that? Look if you let me catch you. I’ll make sure you survive and have a nice home, somewhere, with nicer, deeper water. Okay?”

The Lanturn looked at Amelia for a second, not sure if it could trust this human. But, it seemed like it had no choice. Amelia bent down, drew out another Poke Ball from her gauntlet, and pushed it into the fish's side, very softly. “Don’t worry, I’ll give you the best care too. Just like your friends! I got you!”

She smiled, and the fish vanished into the familiar white light which was drawn into the Poke Ball. “Phew. I’m glad it’s safe, but, that wasn’t so fun,” she said, looking up at Altagracia with a forlorn expression as the ball shook at her feet.

Attempting to catch the Lanturn

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Maybe interested in the confrontation with the Lanturn or maybe just generally curious. Another water critter swam up the edge of the bank and looked up at the trainers above. This one was small and gray, far less exciting looking than the brightly-colored Lanturn. It bobbed there, waiting to be seen.

But the girl wasn’t looking in its direction.

“No problem! Happy to help whenever you need it. I’ll give you my number so you can contact me.” Amelia said, smiling brightly and passing her a copy of her Trainer Card with her number printed across it. The young ranger then shivered violently, followed by a sneeze. “Uh, I should probably head back to HQ and dry off, before I catch cold. It was good to meet–”

Amelia’s final words were cut off as something else splashed her or rather shot a stream of bubbles at her, taking her off-guard. She tilted her head as she was unable to see what had done the deed. Once more the tiny gray fish splashed in her direction. Spinning around as it did so, in a sort of showing of grace.

“Scanning! Scanning!” Rotom said, once more. As the emoticon face appeared then looked down in a pensive sort of way. “Remoraid! The Jet Pokemon! Water Type! A Remoraid uses its abdominal muscles to forcefully expel swallowed water, then shoot down flying prey. When evolution approaches, it travels down rivers.”

Amelia bent down to peer over at what Rotom was targeting. “Oh, hello,” Amelia said, smiling again at the little fish. “Did you need something?” She tilted her head a little as the fish once more, span in a circle and splashed. Then, paused and looked up at Amelia, blinking patiently with large eyes.

“Roto Roto! This behavior is very unusual!” The Rotom chimed in.

The Remoraid continued to circle, splash and then it shot out a spray of bubbles up into the air. Before it looked up at Amelia. “Oh! Oh! I see. You want to be caught too. You want to be our friends and help us out, just like the Palpitoad and the Lanturn!” Amelia paused, looking up at the visor. Only two Poke Balls remained in her suit’s inventory. So, she should be careful with them, until she is able to restock at base. However, if a little friend wanted to join up. Who was she to say no.

Bending down, Amelia smiled and held out her hand. A Pokeball appeared from within the gauntlet and landed on her palm. “Here! If you want to come along! We’d be very happy to have your help! Okay.”

The Remoraid span in a circle one more time and then with tapped the ball gently with the top of its head. It changed into white energy, once more and then vanished into the ball. Gently shaking on her palm.

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