While Rick was trying to take a nap as best as the weather conditions would allow, he felt some rustle on his beltpocket. At first, he didn't really care enough to take a look at it. Chances were that Iris was the culprit anyways, since if it was a real thief she would've instantly thrash them. "No, there are no treats in there. You ate the last one, remember?" He said. Except Iris was turned the other way around and not really paying attention to much else other than the grass.
Since the rustling didn't stop, Rick opened an eye to peek at the beltpocket, and saw the curled purple tail of a Rattata sticking out of it. "Yo!" He called. The rodent took its body out of the pouch, looked at the trainer for a second, then scurried... but not without taking the trainer's map with it. "Why you little! You know how long it took me to draw that?" Rick yelled, quickly getting up and chasing after the rodent. The small size of the creature didn't really play in the trainer's favor, as the tall grass hid it completely. "Iris! Help me catch this thief?" He called. Iris raised her head above the grass, and her eyes followed the trainer for a few seconds... then she droped her head again to continue grazing.
The wet soil eventualy caused Rick to stumble, allowing the Ratatta to escape. After the chase was over, Iris casually walked up to Rick, pulling him up by the shirt's collar back to his feet. Rick wasn't properly appeased though. "Are you really that tired that you can't even go after a mouse?" He asked. "You didn't even need to run, just... roast it or something." He added. Soon after, he heard a familiar voice. "Well, who do we have here?". He looked towards the voice's sound to see the police officer approaching with an umbrella. "Officer... just in time witness a robbery. Care to investigate this one, too?" He said, with arms crossed. The officer huffed before replying. "I'm afraid we don't deal with that kind."
"Whatever. Last I checked, I still have plenty fo time to get that ID Card, if that's what you're here for." Rick told her. "I'm well aware of that... in fact, don't rush. This might be your lucky day." She said, looking over her shoulder as another figure approached. "Hey Rick! What are you doing here with a weather like this?" He heard. Rick tilted to look behind the officer, and saw Pewter's gym leader running towards them. "Brock?" Rick muttered. "I thought you had went to the Pokémon Center next to Mount Moon, since you didn't stop by Pewter's." Brock said.
Rick went silent while processing the information, especialy the last bit. "There's a Pokémon Center in this route?" He asked. Brock nodded, pointing the direction. Rick hoped on Iris' back just to pull himself up a small ledge to gain some height, and from there Rick could indeed see the Center just a few meters ahead. "Damn... I'm dumb!" He said, before jumping down. "Well, thanks for the info!" He said, before running towards the Center, with Iris following.