**Vermillion City**<br/><br/>Despite his distress, Micah felt a little relieved that he had someone to talk to. Even if he didn't know Renna exceedingly well, he was well enough acquainted with her that he trusted her. She was a good person, and worth including in on his thoughts, regardless of whether they concerned her or not. Then, though, they might concern her. Especially if she was heading towards Pewter City.<br/><br/>"That was my father on the phone." Micah smiled a little at the thought. "He was just calling to tell me that he and the rest of my family got a message from my great-grandfather. We haven't seen my great-grandad in months. He disappeared, and we've been trying to contact him. Before he left he gave my dad a note saying that he was signing a house over to him, and it got everyone worried. He'd been acting kind of strange for awhile."<br/><br/>Micah shoved his hands into his pockets. "Well apparently people still can't call him, but the message makes us believe that he might be okay, so my dad wants me to come to Palette Town and talk about it."<br/><br/>The gym leader paused for a moment, and immediately became sullen. "But he told me that I need to be careful. Apparently there was a killing on Route 2, just outside of Viridian City. Authorities assume that it was a monster, because of the claw marks in the soil. But it was an unusually large monster, and there's an alert for all travelers to Pewter, Viridian, and Palette to be on guard...."<br/><br/>((BBL, Work.))