Pokémon Blood Red

One day, as I was browsing for stuff in my local supermarket, I noticed there were some new video games in the electronics section. I had decided to take a quick look around, to see if there were any new videogame releases for my Xbox 360, or my Nintendo DS.

However, a red Gameboy cartridge had caught my eye. It wasn't on display, but on the floor. It had only taken me a few seconds to realize it was a geniune Pokémon Red cartridge, in mint condition!

I had wondered why no one had noticed it, and asked the guy running the electronics stand if it was for sale. He looked at it, and told me that they weren't selling any Pokémon Red cartriges, so someone must've dropped it. I decided to ask people if they had dropped it by mistake, but to no avail. I even asked a lady working there to put it on the intercom, but no one approached.

Seeing as no one was its owner, I had been extremely excited, as these kinds of games were very rare, even rarer in mint condition. As a kid, I loved Pokémon games, and I even play some of the newer games now, so without any hesitation, I sped home, dug up my old gameboy, and popped in my new Pokémon Red cartridge. But, unfortunately, the title screen read "Pokemon Blood Red". This made me so pissed, as it was probably a hacked cartridge, which denied me of playing the actual game, and I had wanted to, seeing as I had only played Pokémon Blue as a child. Also, hacked cartridges have absolutletly no value, so this was a total loss. With a sigh, I had decided to take a look into what the creator had done to the game. I pressed start, and went to the file selection screen. There was already a saved game file, so I decided to select it. A text box appeared, reading:

"There is nothing to continue."

What?

I selected it again, and another text box also read: "There is nothing to continue."

Confused, I started a new game instead. Instead of the usual "Welcome to the World of Pokémon!" Intro, It was replaced by Red in Proffessor Oak's lab, who was choosing a Pokémon. However, Red was choosing a Pokémon in a cutscene, so I had no control over him. He decided to choose Squirtle, and nicknamed it "Bud".

I would've chosen Charmander, but the game was just programmed like that. Anyways, the fight between Blue and Red began, but there was something strange about Bud's stats. He had 230 HP, but he was merely a level 5 Squirtle.

Bud also had managed to KO Blue's Bulbasaur in 1 hit, and surprisingly enough, Bud had leveled up twice. After the battle, Blue had a fit that Red got a better Pokémon than him, and ran away. Just as I was about to leave, Proffessor Oak said: "I'm sorry Red..."

"I'm sorry"? Why would he say that? I wandered off to get my first gym badge with Oak's words still in my mind. Upon approaching a wild Pokémon I wanted to catch, I used Bud to attack him, and Bud KO'd him in one hit, then Bud proceeded to level up 3 times. I decided to throw a Poké Ball to another wild Pokémon, without having Bud attack, but a text box appeared saying "Bud doesn't want you to have another Pokémon." And without me controlling him, Bud KO'd the Pokémon. I tried this again, with the text box now saying "Bud doesn't like this one," with another KO. Bud was now at level 23, and evolved into Blastoise, without evolving into Wartortle first.

Whenever a trainer approached, Bud would grow stronger and stronger after defeating a trainer, and when he got to level 50 after 2 battles, he changed.

Bud was now insulting the trainers that had lost to him with text boxes reading:

"Bud laughs at these pathetic trainers,"

"Bud would rather die than be like them,"

"Bud would like to take a **** on these trainers and their Pokémon,"

Followed by laughing coming from him. I couldn't believe this. Bud's insults got worse and began to swear at both Pokémon and trainers. People on the streets would avoid me, and some trainers would come out of the blue saying,"You think you're so tough, Red!? Well, bring it!" Bud would be controlling himself at these parts, KO'ing not only the Pokémon, but injuring the trainer that had challenged Red.

Gym leaders looked at me in shame, gave me the badge without even battling me, and yelled at me to get out.

I tried getting rid of Bud or getting a new Pokémon, but nothing worked.

By the time I got to Lavender Town, a text box appeared saying: "Bud looks at the Pokémon Tower, and laughs at how pathetic the dead Pokémon are." When I tried to enter it, People would force me out saying: "Why would you want to be here, prick?"

I had left Lavender Town when another text appeared saying: "Bud thought if they like their ******* tower so much, I think I should add some more Pokémon to it."

Bud had started to kill Pokémon, instead of KO'ing them, with grave stones appearing where the battle took place. Bud laughed in a high-pitched distorted way, while doing so. I tried turning off the game, but couldn't bring myself to do so. I had to finish it. By the time I had reached the Elite 4, Bud's moveset now consisted of "Mutilate", "Taunt", "Laugh", and "Kill".

He was at level 947.

The game had taken control of itself, as Bud had procceded to beat the Elite 4, and head to the Champion. The Champion said: "Did you them like you did with everyone else, you son of a *****?" This time Bud SPOKE, saying: "No, what fun would that be?" The battle started, but as Bud was battling, text appeared, saying things like: "Bud thought about how strong he was," "Bud thought about how weak Red was," "Bud wondered why he should listen to Red."

The Champion was defeated, and the screen cut to black with a message saying, "Several years later..."

It showed a man, looking over thousands of gravestones in the Pokémon Tower.

I then realized that the man was Red, but he had no Pokémon, no money, and all of his Gym badges were rusty and chipped.

I left the Pokémon Tower, and a text appeared saying: "I want to go home..."

Red collapsed and the screen faded to black. When the screen came back, Red was in a cave with Bud right in front of him. A battle began between Red and Bud.

Red had no items or Poké Balls, and the only fight move he had was "Do Nothing".

Bud kept using Taunt and Laugh while saying things like: "I don't need you any more."

"You're pathetic." "I always wondered why I listened to you."

Bud then used "Kill" and said, "You know, Red, I've always hated you. Good bye, "Master"..."

Red let out a horrfiying scream, with maniac laughter over it. It was ear splitting, even with the volume turned down.

I turned off the game and threw the cartridge into a wall.

After regaining my senses, I turned on the game once more, just to see if there was anything left. I hit "Continue", and a text box appeared:

"There is nothing to continue."

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