Side Story: Lynx's Training
As Lynx stared at the three pokéballs given to him by Kalyn, he realized that these three would have to help him save the world. He had no idea how long he would be training, so he had to make every day count. He put the three pokéballs into his pocket and started to walk away from his house.
An hour into his walk, he walked by a store where he usually stocks up on supplies. He walked up to the door and reached his hand out to open. Then he suddenly stopped right before his hand was on the door handle. Hiro's words began to echo through his head; "Only your immediate family should know that you are safe. No one else should know……There is no telling what this organization will do to recapture us." He began to think 'These people know me and my family, they wouldn't turn me in.' He put his hand on the handle and clinched it. He then thought 'But I can't let these people get hurt just to protect me.' He took his hand off the handle and took two steps back. He thought again 'I need supplies, but I can't have anyone injured. I have to turn around and go home.' He turned around and began to walk home. He took five steps and heard someone say "Lynx?" Lynx stopped in his tracks. "Lynx, is that you?" the voice said. Lynx turned around. "Lynx, it is you. How are you doing?"
With his head bowed down and a solemn look on his face Lynx said "Hi Mr. Meyer."
Mr. Meyer said "It's been a while. Do you need supplies?"
"Yes sir." Answered Lynx.
"Well come on in. Tell me what you need." Mr. Meyer grabbed Lynx's wrist and pulled him inside the store. Inside the store, Mr. Meyer released Lynx's wrist in front of the counter and walked behind it. "So, what is it that you need? The usual?" asked Mr. Meyer.
"Yes sir." Answered Lynx. Mr. Meyer walked around the store gathering supplies for Lynx. He went on the other side of the store and grabbed 20 hyper potions and 20 full heals and put them in a bag. He went back behind the counter, kneeled down, pulled out a box and grabbed 3 pokéballs. He stood back up and placed the pokéballs in the bag. He then said "I assumed you only brought Electivire, Blastoise and Magmortar with you like always, so I only put three pokéballs in here." He handed the bag to Lynx and said "I'll put this on your father's tab as always."
"Thank you Mr. Meyer." Lynx said. Lynx reached his hand out and grabbed the bag. As he pulled the bag back, he noticed Mr. Meyer had tightened his grip on the bag. He looked at Mr. Meyer's face and noticed that it was no longer cheerful; his eyes were glaring and his mouth was as straight as a ruler. Lynx had no idea what changed the expression of Mr. Meyer.
"Is…..is something….wrong Mr. Meyer?" Lynx said with a shaky demeanor.
"Lynx…" Mr. Meyer said. "I've known you since you were 5. I've known your father since he was a teenager. When I see you with that look on your face and I haven't heard from your father in months, I know something is up. Now, you're not leaving this store until you tell me exactly what is going on."
Lynx stared at Mr. Meyer with fear. He did not know if he should tell Mr. Meyer that the fate of the world rests in his hands. "Ok, Mr. Meyer. I'll tell you what I can." Mr. Meyer released his grip on the bag. After Mr. Meyer released the bag, Lynx's arm dropped to his side. "I can only give you the short version because I'm in rush."
Mr. Meyer nodded and said "I understand."
Lynx sighed and began telling his story. "It all started the day after I returned form the world championship. This guy showed up at my house and challenged me to a battle. I agreed and he quickly beat Magmortar, Electivire and Blastoise. It wasn't enough to beat them in battle, but he then killed them. He then used an Alakazam to put me to sleep. According to my mother and brother, he proceeded to kill the rest of my Pokémon. When I awoke, I was aboard an airship with three of the other trainers from the world championship. Hiro managed to sneak two pokémon aboard and we were able to escape. Hiro said he was a world police officer and that he wanted our help to take down the group that kidnapped us. I came home, told my mom and Kalyn what happened and told them they had to go into hiding for their safety."
Mr. Meyer's eyes were wide open and his mouth as well. "I can't believe I know the person that's going to save the world." Mr. Meyer began to cry with tears of joy. "I can't wait to tell the Mrs. I can't wait to tell everyone I know. This is….."
Lynx interrupted Mr. Meyer. "NO!!!! You can't tell anyone about this. It's for your safety and theirs as well. If the Blacklist were to learn that I came through here, they may hurt you just to find out where I am."
Mr. Meyer began to chuckle at Lynx's words. "I won't tell anyone until you save the world, but you don't need to worry about me. I may not look like much now, but I was once a pretty good fighter. Plus, my Machamp and Hariyama both have P1 Grand Prix Championship belts. The Mrs. and I will be just fine."
Lynx smiled and said "Thanks Mr. Meyer. I guess it's time for me to get going" Lynx walked towards the door and opened it. Before he could take a step outside, Mr. Meyer stopped him.
"Lynx, wait!" Exclaimed Mr. Meyer. "If all of your Pokémon are dead, how are you going to catch more Pokémon?"
Lynx reached into his pocket and pulled out the Pokéballs given to him by Kalyn. "I wanted to wait until I reached my training location before I released these Pokémon from their pokéballs, but I guess I can show you." Lynx released the three Pokémon from their pokéballs. As the Pokémon appeared before Mr. Meyer, he was surprised to see them.
"Are these…..are these the three eggs that you showed me before you went to the world championship?" asked Mr. Meyer.
"Yup. Elekid, Magby, and Squirtle. They hatched a few hours before I boarded the plane to Australia. They were supposed to be Kalyn's first Pokémon, but he gave them to me to help out. I don't know if Kalyn ever had a chance to train them, but now is as good a time as any." Lynx said as he recalled them back to their pokéballs. "See you later Mr. Meyer"
"Good luck Lynx." Mr. Meyer said as he watched Lynx walk out of the door. He then said to himself "There's no way for me to know how bad things are, but if anyone can save the world, it's that kid."
Lynx continued to walk down his path towards his training location. As he walked, he began to think what his mom told him about who had taken him. "If the person had shown mom a fake badge, you think she would have been able to spot a fake since dad is a World Police Officer. Then again, the badge could have been a perfect fake. Dad also said the WP has different badges for every division, so there's no way of knowing if the badge was a fake or not. Man, this whole thing just sucks. Why do people have to try and take over the world?"
Just then, Lynx heard a loud cry. He stopped in his tracks and looked around. He didn't see anything, so he began to walk again. As he took two steps, he heard the cry again. He stopped and looked around again. When he looked down in front of him, he saw small foot prints leading into a bush to his left. He walked over to the bush and pulled the leaves back. He saw a Ralts that looked like it had been really hurt in battle. He pulled the Ralts out of the bush and laid it on the ground, out in the open. He took his backpack off and pulled out one of the hyper potions he received from Mr. Meyer and sprayed the Ralts with it. The Ralts let out another cry in pain. "I know this hurts, but it's going to help you feel better." Lynx said to the Ralts. Lynx picked up the Ralts and began to walk again. "Don't worry; I know where your family lives. I'll get you back to them safely." The Ralts looked at up Lynx, it began to smile, and then it closed its eyes and went to sleep. Lynx then noticed that the Ralts' head was not green, but instead, it was blue. Lynx began to remember that the Pokémon in the area do not attack one another unless they enter their territory. Ralts was in Zangoose territory, but he did not know how it got separated from its family. Lynx had to hurry and get the Ralts back, otherwise, he too could be attacked by a Zangoose. Lynx heard a rustle in the bushes around him. He knew the Zangoose had found him and the Ralts. Lynx began to run and in the process, Ralts woke up. Lynx looked down and said with a smile, "Sorry to wake you, but don't worry, we're almost back to your home."
Seven Zangoose jumped out of the bushes and surrounded Lynx. Lynx stopped and began thinking of his options. He couldn't use any of his Pokémon because they were too young and probably had no real, if any, battle experience. His only option would be to keep running and hope there would be Gardevoir and Gallade to protect the Ralts. He got ready to start running, but before he could take off, one of the Zangoose hit him in the back with a slash attack. Lynx fell to his knees. Ralts tried talking to Lynx. "I'm not going to leave you Ralts. I said I would get you home and I'm going to keep my word." One of the Zangoose let out a loud yell. It and the other six Zangoose put their individual wrists together and a ball of light energy began to collect between their hands. Lynx's eyes grew big and he said "Focus….blast….." Lynx was stuck. He bent over so he could shield Ralts from the attack. Lynx closed his eyes and awaited the attack. Tears began to flow from his eyes. He just kept waiting and waiting for the attack. The attack never came. He opened his eyes and looked up. The Zangoose were gone. He rose back to his knees and looked around. He realized it wasn't the Zangoose that were gone; it was that he was in a completely different area. He looked around and didn't see anyone. He stood up and said to Ralts "Did you use teleport." Ralts smiled and nodded. "Thank you."
Lynx began to walk again and soon had reached Ralts' family. The Ralts, Kirlia, Gardevoir and Gallade had come out to welcome Ralts back. Lyns put the Ralts on the ground and it ran to its friends. Lynx saw the smile on its and everyone else's face. Lynx turned around and walked away. Ralts saw Lynx walking away and its smile went away.
As Lynx was walking, he heard another rustle. This time, it was coming from the trees. He thought the Zangoose had found him. He looked up and saw a Gardevoir and Gallade. The Gallade jumped down and pointed behind Lynx. The Ralts he had saved was running towards him. Lynx kneeled down and asked Ralts "Do you want to come with me?" Ralts smiled and gave Lynx a hug. Lynx turned around and Gallade was holding a dawn stone. Lynx reached out and grabbed the stone from Gallade. "Thank you. I will take good care of Ralts." Lynx pulled out a pokéball and tapped Ralts on the head with it. Ralts went inside and Lynx continued on his journey.
Lynx decided to take a break from his walk to eat. He pulled out a sandwich, a bag of chips and a soda from his backpack. As he was eating, his phone began ringing. He began to sweat and could only think that it was Hiro calling him. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone
"Hello….."
"Lynx…its Mr. Meyer." Lynx let out a sigh of relief. "I forgot to tell you, trainers have been coming by and saying there is a blue Nidoking running wild out there. I know you haven't trained your Pokémon yet, so be careful."
"Thanks Mr. Meyer, I'll be careful." Lynx hung up the phone and put it back in his pocket. "Hmm…blue Nidoking…I wonder if it's the same one?" Lynx finished his food and put the trash in his bag and continued to walk. As he was walking, he saw a tree that had been knocked over. He walked up to it and noticed that all the trees behind it had been knocked down. It was as though a bulldozer had run through them.
Lynx followed the trail of trees until there were no more trees on the ground. "It has to be around here somewhere." Lynx continued to look around. "There you are. You stick out like a sore thumb." Lynx found the blue Nidoking trying to get an apple out of a tree. The Nidoking grabbed the apple, ate and turned around and looked at Lynx. "Hey Nidoking, do you remember me?" Nidoking stared at Lynx and Lynx just stared back with a smile on his face. Nidoking picked up Lynx and gave him a hug.
"It's nice to see you. It's been a while." Nidoking put Lynx down. "Nidoking, how about you join me? I need a team of strong Pokémon and you will get to battle strong Pokémon rather than knocking over trees." Nidoking smiled in agreement. Lynx pulled out a pokéball and tossed it towards Nidoking. It hit Nidoking and Nidoking went inside the pokéball and landed in Lynx's hand.
Lynx took the trail of knocked over trees back to the path and continued to his training grounds. While walking, he came to a fork in the road. He looked around and saw no one in sight. He walked to a sign in the middle of the fork, kneeled down and picked up a rock next to the sign. There was a secret panel and Lynx pushed down on it with his hand. A passage on the right path opened up. Lynx replaced the rock and walked to the passage. When he entered, he reached to the wall and flipped the switch. Lights came on and the passage door closed. Lynx walked down the passage and eventually came to the end. He flipped another switch and the doorway opened up and the lights turned off. A battlefield crafted by Lynx's dad was exposed as the passage way opened up.
Lynx stepped out of the passage way and just stood there. This was his sanctuary. This is the place his dad brought him to when he received his first Pokémon. Now that he was here, it was going to be nothing but hard work. Lynx pulled out his pokéballs and released his five Pokémon.
"Listen up guys. We will be going up against an evil organization. This will be a tough battle, so we are going to train hard every day. I don't know when we will be called to take them on, so we have to make every day count. Everyone understand?" Elekid, Magby, Ralts and Nidoking all let out a cry in agreement. "Where did Squirtle go?" Squirtle let out a cry to let everyone know where he was. Lynx looked up and saw Squirtle in the middle of the battlefield. Lynx and the other Pokémon walked towards Squirtle. Squirtle was standing next to a Pokémon egg. Lynx kneeled down and picked it up, then stood back up. "I wonder how this got here." Squirtle tugged on Lynx's pants leg. Lynx looked down and saw that Squirtle was holding a piece of paper. Lynx grabbed the paper from Squirtle. "It's a note."
"Dear Lynx
After I saw you come in third at the world championship, I knew it would be a matter of time before you came to train. While traveling around the world, I ran into an incredibly strong Pokémon. That Pokémon and I became good friends and it helps me out when I go to see it. What is that Pokémon? You will find out when this egg hatches. Good luck, my son.
Love,
Dad"
Lynx looked up to the sky and said "Thanks dad…." He looked back at his Pokémon and said "Well everyone, let's start training." Lynx led Nidoking to a small gym where there was a punching bag and a tackling dummy. He took Elekid, Squirtle, Magby and Ralts to the battle field so they could gain battle experience.
Two weeks later, Magby and Ralts were battling Squirtle and Elekid; then all four began to glow. All at the same time, the four were beginning to evolve. Lynx could not believe the four of them were evolving simultaneously. Lynx was so happy that he began jumping and screaming. Then Nidoking came running with the egg. The egg too was glowing. Lynx took the egg from Nidoking and placed it on the ground. Lynx and the Pokémon surrounded the egg. The egg finally hatched and out came a small, blue bird. The blue bird spread its wings and yawned. "Wow….dad got me an Articuno. Kalyn is gonna love this." Articuno looked at Lynx and then looked at the other Pokémon. "Hi Articuno. My name is Lynx and this Wartortle, Electabuzz, Magmar, Kirlia, and Nidoking. We have a tough road ahead of us, but I know we're up for it. Are you willing to help us?" Articuno looked at a smiling Lynx. Then it looked at the rest of the Pokémon whom were also smiling and then flapped its wings to agree. With that, Lynx and his Pokémon went back to training.
For the next three days, Lynx trained Articuno exclusively, while the other five battled with each other. While battling, Wartortle took a powerful thunderbolt from Electabuzz. Lynx rushed over to heal Wartortle, but as soon as he got to Wartortle's side, it began to glow. "Wartortle…..are you…..evolving?" Wartorlte had evolved into Blastoise, but the evolution had not healed it. Lynx used a full heal and a hyper potion to help it recover. The rest of the Pokémon went back to training and Lynx stayed by Blastoise's side. "Now that Blastoise is fully evolved, I guess it's time for me to evolve Kirlia into Gallade. But what do I do about Magmar and Electabuzz; I don't have a magmarizer and an electrizer. Maybe Mr. Meyer can help me." Lynx reached into his bag and grabbed his cell phone and called Mr. Meyer.
"Meyer's Mini Mart, how may I help you?"
"Hi Mr. Meyer, it's Lynx."
"Lynx…what can I do for you?"
"Well….do you know where I can get an electrizer and a magmarizer?"
"I have an electrizer here in the store and I know a guy with a magmarizer. It won't be cheap, but I should be able to get it for you."
"Please do Mr. Meyer. I think Magmar and Electabuzz are ready to evolve."
"I will call you as soon as I have it." Lynx and Mr. Meyer hang up the phone.
Lynx put his cell phone back in his bag and then pulled out the dawn stone. Lynx stared at the stone and then stood up. "Kirlia….come here." Kirlia walked over to Lynx. "Are you ready to evolve?" Kirlia smiled and nodded. "Then place your hand on the dawn stone." Kirlia placed its hand on the dawn stone and began to glow. After watching Kirlia evolve, Lynx asked "How do feel Gallade?" The glow was gone and before Lynx stood a Gallade. "Show me a close combat." Gallade let out a cry and attacked the punching bag. Gallade's strength had increased so dramatically that the sand came bursting from the bag in every direction. "Looks like I need to get a new punching bag." Lynx began to laugh, but soon stopped when he looked at Electabuzz and Magmar. Lynx walked over to them and said "Don't worry you guys, I'm working on getting you guys to evolve. Just have patience." Electabuzz and Magmar became happy and went back to training.
Two days later, Lynx received a phone call. "Lynx…. I have the items."
"Thanks Mr. Meyer. I'll be there in a second." Lynx hung up the phone.
"Gallade…I need you to teleport me to Mr. Meyer's Mini Mart." Gallade used teleport and appeared in front of the mini mart.
Lynx walked inside and Gallade followed. "Mr. Meyer….I'm here."
"Great. Here are your items." Mr. Meyer handed the items to Lynx and Gallade used teleport.
Back at the battlefield, the Pokémon were eating and relaxing. "Magmar; Electabuzz; its time." Magmar and Electabuzz rushed to Lynx. Lynx showed them their respective evolutionary items and they touched them and began to evolve. Lynx now had a team of fully evolved and powerful Pokémon.
3 months later, Lynx and his Pokémon walked through the secret passage and back to the fork in the road. Lynx led the group down the left passage. This was the tougher stage of training. The wild Pokémon down this path were ridiculously strong, but Lynx had a special relationship with them and they were always willing to help him train.
A few hours later after training with some of the wild Pokémon, the Pokémon became restless. "Hello Lynx. My name is Chief…the leader of the Blacklist."
Without hesitation, Lynx ordered Gallade to attack. "Gallade, Focus punch."
"Wobuffet, use counter." As Gallade's attack landed, Wobuffet's counter took effect and sent Gallade flying into a rock wall. Gallade was knocked out cold.
"GALLADE!!!" Lynx rushed to Gallade. "Are you ok?" Gallade responded in pain. "Take a break." Lynx recalled Gallade back to its pokéball.
"Can you call your other Pokémon back to their pokéballs as well; I would prefer not to hurt them too. I am only here to talk."
Lynx did not trust him, but he did not want his Pokémon to be injured. Lynx took out his other five pokéballs and recalled his Pokémon.
"Now…so you know, I am not your enemy. I am a World Police Officer. Here is my badge." Chief tossed his badge to Lynx.
"How do I know this isn't a fake?" asked Lynx.
"Hmm, good point. All I can do is prove to you that I'm not a fake."
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Lynx asked.
"How many people know of your training location? I was told only three; I'm not sure thats right because this is a different location than the one your dad told me about. I doubt your brother would come to this area because the wild pokémon here are ridiculously strong." Said Chief.
At the mention of his father, Lynx became skeptical. Either this guy had kidnapped and interrogated his father or he was telling the truth. There was no way Lynx could be sure anything this man said could be true.
"I know you don't believe me yet, so I'll tell you your father's job history. Your father started out as a United States Black Ops member. An USBO is different from the secret service because not only do they handle the protection of the president, they also work double duty as members of the CIA. Your father wanted something a little different. That's when he applied to be a World Police Officer. He started out doing only surveillance, but eventually worked his way to become the Pokémon Championship Director of Security, which is the position he holds to this day."
Lynx was stunned at what he had just heard. His dad was not allowed to tell anyone what it was that he did. Not only to protect national security, but world security as well. His dad was supposed to die before he gave out information like that. The only people that he had actually told that to, was his mother, himself and Kalyn. His dad said that any files proving his job history never existed, so no one would know. Chief was telling the truth. He is a World Police Officer.
"It looks like you believe me now." Said Chief. "I know you had your Pokémon killed by some mysterious organization. Members of the Blacklist have also been dealt the same fate. We have been investigating this organization for almost a year. We have reason to believe that Hiro is a member of this group. If you think back, I'm sure some things didn't add up."
Chief was right. Lynx had his Pokémon killed and the others didn't. Archer said he was a member of The Blacklist, but if that were true, the others should have had their Pokémon killed as well. The only explanation was that Hiro was either a member of the mysterious organization or he knew something that he wasn't telling.
"Now that you have heard what I had to say, I have a favor to ask." Chief reached into his pocket and pulled out another badge. He handed it to Lynx and said "I want you become a member of the Blacklist and help take down this organization; what do you say?"
Lynx looked at the badge. He clenched it in his fist and said "I'll do it."
Chief made his leave and Lynx continued to train.
Over the next two months, Lynx had trained harder than he had ever trained before. He had also convinced himself that Hiro was a part of the mysterious organization.
One day, while training with Gallade on the battlefield, he received a phone call from Chief. "Lynx, the time to go after them has come."
"I'm on my way." Lynx responded. He hung up the telephone and said "Use teleport." At the blink of an eye, he was gone. Gallade had teleported him to Mr. Meyer's shop. He walked in and said to Mr. Meyer "The time has come for me to take down that evil organization. Thank you for helping me over the past 6 months."
"Go save the world kid." Said Mr. Meyer.
Lynx's phone began to ring. He answered it and it was Hiro. "Lynx, it's time to go after The Blacklist. I'm sending you our location now."
"I'm on my way." Answered Lynx. He hung up the phone and then called Chief. "Hiro sent me his location. I'll meet you there." He hung up again and called Gallade back to his pokéball. He ran outside and called out Articuno and flew off to battle.