"I WON'T STAND FOR THIS!" Cain's voice roared powerfully and threateningly as the kid stood motionless in front of the tall and cold figure of a man hiding behind a shadow. "AL'CI! WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN? WHO ARE YOU, AND HOW DO YOU KNOW ME?!" The young man questioned threateningly, as he approached said figure.
The figure that stood in front of him was tall and thick, clearly a man. His hair was long and curled down past his shoulders, and he possessed a beard that ran past his chest. "Again, I'm sorry. This is the only way." He tried to explain, but to no avail.
"BASTARD, WHO DO YOU THINK YOU'RE TALKING TO?" Cain questioned as he continued to verbally assault the old man.
"I'm talking to a strong yet misled young man who knows nothing about life!" the man barked back. "Have I not proved that I know you better than you know yourself?" he asked continuing to pick at Cain's nerves.
"SHUT UP!" Cain yelled as he cocked his arm back and shot a powerful and swift punch at the silhouette.
The punch landed, but it did not hit the desired victim; and Cain quickly stepped back after his eyes met those of a powerful-looking Nidoking. "Nido!" the Pokémon grunted menacingly at the puny (in comparison) human.
"I've said what must be said. You ARE, and will FOREVER be an Al'ci, your eye DOES and will FOREVER contain that mark… the Fal'cia, and your mission IS and will FOREVER be to save our planet. I'm sorry." A harsh, but absolute reality, Cain clenched his fist strongly, driving his uncut nails into the palm of his hand as his eyes continued fixated upon the humongous Nidoking.
"An ironic but convenient turn of events if I might add." He retorted with tears hanging from the bottom of his eyes. But the silhouette would take none of it anymore.
"Shut up for once won't you!" he yelled sternly. "Does it not cross your mind that I would take any opportunity to switch shoes with you?! You're WEAK! You're unprepared! You're stupid! And you are NOT the one responsible for this… I am! I am BETTER than you in EVERY single aspect, and I will NOT take your disrespect lightly!" The agitated man finally drove his message through to Cain. "Your current position is directly my responsibility, YES! But don't you think I hate to see my hopes rest on the shoulders of someone as incapable as you?!"
Cain had absolutely no answer, however. He took a deep breath through his nose, inflating his cheeks, and glaring at the man in front of him. The silhouette still undecipherable, "Cerulean Cave, huh?" he finally said after a few seconds of thinking. "Very well, I'll correct your mistake."
"Wait, what do you…"
"Poison Sting!" and with that command, the man dropped to the floor immediately, eyes rolled back, mouth foaming. Heartless, non-lethal on a human… if the man was healthy enough… but Cain couldn't be bothered by the small details; he was a man on a mission, and that mission should take him north, he thought as he used the distraction to slip past the man's Pokémon.
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The road wasn't long, but it was very tiring. Cain had to walk across Viridian Forest, and then through Mt. Moon in order to finally reach Cerulean City. As he emerged from the cave he remembered the reason why he had needed to stop before [1]. He held his stomach as he felt it unsettle and grumble. And taking a deep breath he entered Cerulean Cave just north of his position…
However, his intrusion wouldn't last… Who's there? He hadn't actually heard anything, but he could feel it, fear, anger, annoyance. Cain gulped hard, it felt as if he had swallowed a pebble the size of a Poké Ball, and gained the confidence to take another stride forward. However, this couldn't last too long.
Upon having his left foot plant itself on the ground once more, a rumble ran across the cave. Water droplets hanging from the ceiling fell in unison, and giving the impression that a bomb had been dropped indoors. Fear planted itself in Cain's heart, however, the ringing in his ear, caused by the 'explosion' irritated him to a greater extent… somehow, he felt angry. How could it be possible for him to feel more anger than fear at this point? He didn't know, but the trip wouldn't be easy, as his legs became unresponsive for random intervals of time without his consent. "Dammitall!" he kept thinking every time this happened.
You're pissing me off! Was, again, not a thought but a feeling that ran across his body all the way from his ankles to the dome of his head. But, who was pissing him off? Was the man from before still lingering in his mind? He didn't know, but continued forward. This whole Al'ci deal needed to be stopped.
Finally, he reached a door. Literally, a door! It looked old, and dusty, but the inscriptions on it were clearly human. Cain caressed his hand across the dents to get rid of the dust, until he could clearly read: Cinnabar Island Labs. The line underneath was smaller and unreadable, but it must have been some sort of slogan. Why are you here?! a shiver asked as it ran from his gut to his right fist, which inadvertently punched the door open, dusting it off further, and opening a huge gash on his already tendered knuckles. (Remember kids, don't ever punch walls… or Nidokings ).
A purple glow emanated from the room, and suddenly, Cain felt as if his left eye, his Fal'cia, rotated on its own axis, and with an overwhelming sense of nausea, he fell kneeling and began to vomit uncontrollably. Suddenly, he felt the cold energy get closer to him. As he tried to raise his head, eyes full of tears from both anger and the previous 'expulsion', he was able to notice a thick, whitish-gray tail that hung from something over him, barely off the ground. He tried to look up once more, but the same sense of nausea struck, prompting him to curl up and vomit, completely losing whatever was in front of him from sight.
"We meet again… Mewtwo!" he heard suddenly. "This voice… I know this voice…" Cain thought as he hugged his persona to try and rid himself of the harsh coldness and the sense of nausea. Maybe this hadn't been his brightest idea?
"I thought you'd understand my desire to never see you again." The creature in front of Cain, Mewtwo, replied. His manner of speech was incredibly formal, but the coldness, the killing instinct… "I hope you understand that neither one of you will live to see the light of day… Giovanni."
"Giovanni! Impossible!" Cain thought bewildered at the thought that Giovanni, former Viridian City Gym Leader, and Team Rocket Leader was even alive to begin with. Not only the Kanto Police Force, but the World Police had searched for him for years, "I thought they'd found his body" *Blaaargh!*
"Well, let's just say, that I beg to differ." The confident Gym Leader pointed out smartly. And a huge wave of rage titillated across Cain's body. "Onix, NOW!" he yelled powerfully, and immediately, a slithering Onix appeared from the ceiling, grabbing both humans, and crashing into the ground headfirst making it appear like a bullet train had just crossed the station… it was Dig!
"Hahaha!" Giovanni laughed triumphantly before his Onix came to a sudden stop. "What the…"
"Mewtwo grabbed a hold of him." Cain informed, still shaken up from before. Indeed, Mewtwo had reached down, and grabbed a hold of the humongous Pokémon's tail, and incredibly, began to pull it up from the ground, little by little.
At the realization of what was going on, Giovanni had no choice. He patted his Pokémon three times on his face, and with a mouth motion of I'll miss you, he took another Pokémon out, Abra, and quickly commanded it: "Teleport!"
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Cain's world became torn from upside down, the colors around him began to distort and twirl on each other, first melting to a dark brown color, and with a couple of twinkling flashes of light everything became white, and suddenly he was somewhere else… a place he had never seen before.
Falling with a thud from apparent nothingness without realizing what's going on will definitely make your day, and Cain grunted as he sat up on the ground rubbing his head, and as his eyes adjusted to the light, a sign became visible to him: [New Bark Town → "The Town Where the Winds of a New Beginning Blow"]
"What the…" confused Cain got up, dusted himself, and noticed that his headache was almost completely gone… but then, looking up at the small town in front of him it hit him. He had always been good at geography and sciences at school… "I'm in Johto."
Deciding to not waste anymore time, Cain infiltrated the town as he tried to brush the dust off him. As he was walking, he suddenly noticed a congregation of people at the center of the town. It wasn't hard for even an untrained eye to notice that most of the people in the group had strange 'markings'… "Fal'cia?!" Cain thought as he flinched back behind a house to stay out of sight.
"They must be Al'ci, but how? I thought I was the only one… Damn!" And with a newfound determination, he decided to spy on the people, with hopes of finding out more about himself, and how to save the world!
