"A bit winded?"  Almond gasped as he tried to straighten out his legs.  "I can't feel anything below my waist."  He paused and gave that a few seconds of thought.  "But my voice isn't high so the bird really did just get me in the gut.  Good.  The family jewels are safe, for now."  He took in a big breath of air and forced himself the rest of the way up.  

"Anyways.  Thanks for helping us out..."  He narrowed his eyes to get a better look at their savior "Professor Oak?"

The man nodded and gave them both a friendly smile.  "Well, its nice to know someone recognizes me and here I've been worried my research wasn't being read by anyone."  He offered them both a hand to shake.

"Oh."  Almond said trying his best to keep from smirking.  "I'm sure more people have know about you than you'd realize."  Before the man could reply he turned to the pokemon who saved them.  "And this must be your dragonite.  He's magnificent."  The golden pokemon let out a happy sound that could've still struck fear in anything with half a brain.  There was some rustling in the bushes as more wild pokemon decided to put some distance between themselves and the beast with more base points than a pseudo-legendary.  

"WEll."  Professor Oak said, looking around.  "It's getting a bit late and there's more wild pokemon running around after the sun goes down, a lot more predators too.  Would you two like to have dinner with me at my lab?"

"Sure!"  Almond said, almost jumping.  "I mean, yeah, that would be okay, right?"  He was talking to his travelling partner.