Being in school is never any fun. Well… unless you’re Pip, Butters, or any other kid who is considered to be a nerd, geek, or just a plain old loser. School is even worse when you have Mr. Garrison as your teacher. As Garrison went on about the Bee Gees and ABBA having a musical showdown, the majority of the kids had fallen asleep or put their attention elsewhere. In Stan’s case, he was staring at the clock.

‘C’mon you stupid clock. Ring. Ring!’

His eyes were heavily focused on the moving arms of clock. ‘Just one more minute!’ he said to himself. Just one more minute until he could leave from school and Garrison’s presence for another day.

‘Riiiiinnnng!’

“Aww, and just when I was getting to the good stuff! Oh well see you tomorrow class.”

Everyone ran out of the class as quickly as they possibly could. Some kids actually got stuck in the doorway because of the mass amount of kids trying to leave at the same time. Stan and Kyle stood outside the door looking at the blocked doorway.

“I swear to god, I think we’re getting more and more desperate everyday,” Stan said.
“Agreed.”

The two of them left the mess that was behind them. They quickly grabbed what they needed and left the school building. Outside the school building, the two of the got out a pokeball and threw it in the air and Bulbasaur and Chikorita came out. Again, Chikorita jumped into Kyle’s arms. “You don’t have to do that every time you know,” he said. But Chikorita didn’t say anything. He put Chikorita on the ground and they began walking. But they were quickly stopped by Clyde.

“Hey guys! You wanna see my new Pokemon?” He asked.
The two of them looked at each other, “Alright, but make it quick!” Kyle said.

Clyde threw his pokeball in the air and out came a sea otter-like creature. It was large, orange, and had two smalls blue fins under its hands. It also had a split tail.

“Bui!” it said.
“Dude! That’s so cool!” Kyle said.
“Clyde, where did you get this?! There’s no Buizels in South Park!” Stan said.
Clyde smiled, “The Safari Zone!”
“Safari Zone?”
“Yeah, you can get all kinds of Pokemon there! That place is like a gold mine! You can- Hey Craig! You wanna see my new Pokemon!?” He yelled, running off with his Buizel.

“So I guess the rumors were true,” Kyle said.
“Wait a minute, I thought you’ve already been there?”
“I haven’t.”
“But Ike has a Hoppip from there right?”
“Yep. But it was just him and my parents who went. I didn’t go.”
“Why didn’t you go?”
A slight blush came across his face, “I was hanging out with you.”

“Oww…”

The boys turned around and saw Kenny and Cartman. Although, Cartman was being dragged by Kenny.

“So you guys made it out alive?” Stan asked.
Kenny dropped Cartman with a loud thump. He took off his hood, “Oh my god, I thought I was going to die in there. I trapped in between Cartman, Pip, Tweek, and a bunch of other kids. A pokeball was smashed and someone ended up poisoned from a Nidoran.”
“That was probably Bebe’s Nidoran. She’s the only one we know that has one in the class,” Kyle said.
“So, how did you guys get out?” Stan asked.
“Some kids that were at the bottom crawled themselves out but the majority of us were stuck good because of fatass over here. The only way people could get out is if Cartman gets out first.”
“Gee what a surprise…” Kyle said, sarcastically.
Cartman got up but with loss of breath, “You… stupid… Jew…”
Kyle turned around and started walking, “ Whatever.” Chikorita followed as well as Stan and Bulbasaur. Kenny caught up to them and walked with them. Cartman tried to follow but couldn’t catch up. He quickly gave up and went in a different direction.

--

“See you tomorrow Stan.”
“You too Kyle. Later!”

Stan opened the door and a Slowpoke was there to greet him.

“Huh? A Slowpoke?”
“Bulba?”

He walked pasted it and threw his bag near the steps. He went to go watch some cartoons but Shelly was watching her shows with her Torchic.

“Shelly can I watch Terrance and Phillip?”
“No! Go away!”
“Please Shelly?”
“Shut up turd!” She yelled, throwing the remote at him.

--

Kyle opened the door and found Ike and Hoppip greeting him at the door.

“Cookie Monster!”
“Pip!”
He giggled, “It’s nice to see you too.”

He walked past them and threw his bag near the steps. He went into the kitchen and picked up some chips and put them into a bowl. He sat down on the couch with his Chikorita and put on Terrance and Phillip.

“Say Terrance, I can’t find Uranus with this telescope anywhere!”
“Oh? Why don’t you try looking here Phillip?” Terrence said, pointing to his ass.
“I don’t see anything Terrance.”
“Look closer Phillip.”
He leaned in closer and Terrance farted.
“Ahahaha!” They both laughed. Kyle laughed along with them.
“That was a smelly one Terrance!”
“It sure was Phillip!”

--

Kenny arrived home, taking a different path from Stan and Kyle half way through the walk home. Kenny opened and closed gently so the door wouldn’t break in half or fall off the hinges. He greeted his mother who was in the kitchen having some hot water. Her Ralts was doing the same thing; but from a bowl.

“Hello there Kenny. How was school?”
“Alright.”
“That’s good to hear. At least you’re getting a good education. You’ll get a great job in the future unlike your deadbeat father!”
“What the hell did you say?!” He yelled from another room.
“You heard me Stuart!”

Kenny rolled his eyes and went to his room. He closed his broken door and went into his closet. He picked up a small red box. He took out a small key and opened the box. Inside the box was a pokeball. He took out the pokeball and threw in the air. A circular ghostly figure came out of the ball.

“Gastly…”
“Hey there!”
“Gastly!” It smiled.
“Come on, lets get out of here for a while.”

The two of them left the room and past by the kitchen where his parents were still fighting. He left his home and headed for the direction of Stark’s Pond.

--

Cartman arrived home angry but tired. As he opened the door, his mother was there to greet him. She was carrying a large plate with lots of food on it.

“Hi Eric. How was your day?”
“Horrible! I got a stuck in a the doorway with a bunch of other kids and they were all blaming me for it!”
“Oh my poor boy! Maybe some snacks will cheer you up?”
“Mmm… that does look good…”
He took the plate and sat on the couch. His Raichu was there along side with him.

--

Stan was upstairs doing the last bit of his homework. He only had to finish one more math problem and it be done with. His dad popped his head into his room.

“Hey Stan, have you seen my Slowpoke anywhere?”
“That’s yours?”
“Yeah, it was a gift from one of my co-workers. Do you know where it is?”
“No.”
“Oh. Okay. Sharon? Do you now where my Slowpoke is?” He said, walking out. Stan was about to get back to his homework but the phone rang. He quickly answered the phone.

“Hello?”
“Stan? We have a problem.”
“What?”
“I found this note on my fridge that said that my parents went out to the Safari Zone.”
“Yeah, so what’s the problem?”
“My mother always has this thing for writing what time it is when she writes notes. This note is timed at noon. It’s almost six and they’re still not back yet! I’m scared that something might of happened to them.”
“What can we do? We don’t have anyway of getting there!”
“What about Uncle Jimbo? Can he help?”
“It’s possible.”
“Are you up for this?”
“Always. I’ll meet you outside my house. It won’t take us long to get there.”
“Awesome. Oh yeah, Stan?”
“Yeah?”
“… Thanks dude.”
“Anytime.”

They both hanged up their phones. He shoved his homework to the side and ran right out of the house along side with Bulbasaur. It didn’t take long for Kyle show up and the two of them left quickly for Uncle Jimbo’s place.

“Where’s Ike?” Stan asked,
“At home.”
“You left him home alone?”
“Nope. Lucky for me, my mom left her Jynx and Kangaskhan home. They’re taking care of Ike while we’re gone.”
“I didn’t know your mom had a Kangaskhan.”
“Safari Zone. Last week,” Kyle sighed.
“I don’t understand what’s so great about this place!”
“Same where. But we’ll see soon.”

In a few minutes, they were at Uncle Jimbo’s home. He and friend Ned were on the front porch having a few beers. A Dragonite was sleeping on the front lawn.

“Uncle Jimbo!” Stan cried.
“Well, look who’s here! It’s my ol’ nephew and his friend! What brings you here at this time of night?”
“Kyle’s parents went to the Safari Zone this afternoon and they never came back! Can you drive us down there?” Stan asked.
“No problem! But are you sure you don’t want to take a ride on Dragonite instead of my jeep? It will be a lot faster! Right Ned?”
“Mmmm that’s right Jimbo,” Ned said, through his voice box.
The two boys looked at each other, “No, jeep is fine,” Stan said.
“Alrighty then. Lets get going!”

Uncle Jimbo woke up his Drangonite and told him that they were leaving for the Safari Zone. Dragonite got up and starting flying. Everyone was quickly headed for jeep and followed Dragonite. It would only be a good a hour for them to arrive in Denver.

“I hope my parents are alright,” Kyle said, petting Chikorita.
“Don’t worry about it. I’m sure they’re alright,” Stan said, putting his hand on Kyle’s shoulder.

Everyone sat in silence for a few minutes. It wasn’t until Uncle Jimbo broke the silence with a question.

“So Stan, where’s that Bagon I gave you?”
“Bagon? It’s in its pokeball,” Stan said.
“How come I never see you around with it? Don’t you like it?”
“I do! Honestly! But every time I send it out it always runs away from me and tries jumping off stuff to fly.”
“Haha! I remember my Bagon used to do that when I was a kid! Don’t worry, once it evolves into Shellgon, it will stop doing that.”
“Really?”
“For sure. And then when it becomes a Salamence, it can fly all it wants. I used to let mine fly all the time…”

They arrived at the Safari Zone and it looked liked your average park. Nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. There was a building you had to go through before going to the park. The sign above the building said, “Safari Zone. Come here for all of your Pokemon catching desires. Open 24 hours a day.” in neon lighting. The inside of the building was also nothing spectacular or out of the ordinary. Inside the building there was a flight of stairs leading to the second floor of the building, a reception desk, a door leading to the basement and a pair of automatic doors that leads to the park. There were photographs of people and their Pokemon on the walls as well as posters of what kinds of Pokemon people can expect to find in the park. There was also a water cooler and a vending machine filled with snacks as well as washrooms and television set in the upper corner of the wall. In the corner near the stairs, there was a young man playing a sad tune on his viola. Stan and Kyle were deeply moved by the tune but Uncle Jimbo and Ned were not paying any attention. As they came closer and closer to the reception desk, Uncle Jimbo whispered to everyone, “We’re going to act as customers and go inside the Safari Zone and look for them.” The lady that was there noticed them.

“Welcome to the Safari Zone! How may I help you tonight?” She asked.
“The four of us would like to catch some Pokemon here,” Uncle Jimbo said.
“Great!” She leaned towards her cash register, “Okay, so there’s two adults and two children so… the cost will be 30 dollars.” Uncle Jimbo paid the woman and she put it in the register.
“Awesome! So here how it works. You each get 30 Safari balls. You get can’t these balls anywhere else but here. You can not use any of your Pokemon to battle any of the Pokemon you encounter here. You can leave your Pokemon here but you can also leave them on you. Any Pokemon you catch must be reported back to us before you leave. All clear?”
We all nodded our heads, “Great! Have fun out there!”

Everyone ended the park and there were many people around despite the fact it was seven o‘clock on a weekday. The boys noticed many people from town. They noticed the Stotches were here but Butters was not with them.

“Stephen what are you doing here?” Jimbo asked.
“We’re looking for Skittys! Linda always wanted one of those.”
“That’s right. Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted a Skitty and when I find one, I’ll make it the new house pet!” She smiled.
“Oh! Linda! Come on! I think I see one!” Stephen yelled, as the two of them ran off.

As they kept on moving, they continued noticing more and more people from town. The Blacks were here as well as the Donovans and the Tweaks. Principal Victoria and Mr. Mackey were also here as well. Even Mayor McDaniels and her two bodyguards were here.

“Do you two see anything?”
The two of them turned around, “Sorry Mayor. We can’t find a Kirlia or a Buneary anywhere,” one of aides said.  
“Damn it! They have to be here somewhere!”
“Mayor, it is possible that you can’t find them at this Safari Zone,” the other aide said.
She gave them a dirty glare, “Are you questing my intelligence?!”
The two aides looked at other nervously, “No Mayor! You are a very smart woman!”
“Hump. Thank you. Now, look harder!” She yelled. A Pokemon popped out from behind her.
“Wobbuffet!”
She buried her face into hands, “Why do I have you?…”

As the boys continued to move, there became less and less amounts of people. Pretty soon there was very little to no people at all. Kyle noticed a cave to the left of him through a bunch of trees.

“Look! A cave!”
“Lets go!” Stan said.

Everyone ran through the trees and stopped in front of the cave. It was dark and surrounded by boulders on each side. There was little to no plant life around the cave.

“Should we go in?” Kyle asked.
“I’m not sure if that’s safe dude,” Stan said.
“It’s alright! If you run into any trouble! Uncle Jimbo and Ned will save the day!” He laughed.
“Still, I don’t think that’s safe.”
“My parents could be in there Stan. They could be in trouble! We have to go in!”
“Alright. But at any sign of danger we are out of here!”
“Deal.”

Everyone walked slowly into the cave. As they kept on moving, the darker the cave became. Kyle began to get worried. He began getting more and more worried as they walked.

‘I hope this was a good idea…’