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Ok the story is back, thanks to bobandbill reading through it and telling me its ok for PC, i rte this PG-13 and beware, there is a lot of violence and death, and if you are a fan of johto characters, don't read this, most of the gym leaders and other people die here.
as the title suggests, this is my version of Johto, as a teenager get tangled up in Team Rocket's scheme to take over the world. ENJOY !!
The Real Johto
I guess you could say my day was normal, just as normal as a flying cat. I woke up like any other day, looking forward to going to school, getting knocked down by the local bully. Well if you put it that way, I wouldn't really be looking forward to it would I ? Well as a matter of fact, I would've, if I knew what was really in store for me that day, but lets start from the very beginning shall we.
My name is Ven. I'm a seventeen year old pokemon master wanna be, living in the dangerous region of Johto, the only problem was, I had no pokemon !! This is my story of how I became, in less then a month and thanks to a twist of unnatural events, a super pokemon trainer and expert. It all started three weeks ago, on a Monday, what I thought would be like any other Monday at school, boring, sleepy, and me constantly trying to annoy all my teachers just for the fun of it, but it turned out I wouldn't get to school at all, in fact I would be… again, I'm going off track, we'll get to all this is a minute.
CHAPTER 1 - Seriously ? Its my fault ?
"Whaa ??" I said, slowly raising my head of the pillow and punching my alarm clock, "What time is it ??".
"Its 7:15 AM !!" said my mom, kicking my bedroom door and bursting in, and doing her daily 'lets be friends' routine, tickling me.
"Get off !!" I yelled, pushing her off me, "I'm already late !!". Immediately realizing my mistake, I stated:
"Sorry mom, I just got up, and I hate Mondays !!".
"It's ok. Is all your stuff packed ??"
"Yeah, I packed my bag last night."
"Well you'd better get your clothe on and get downstairs so you can get some breakfast."
"Alright, I'll be down in a minute."
At that, my mom scurried out of the room, and gave me my privacy. After I finished putting my clothe on, I ran downstairs to see my mom standing next to the stove. "One minute and your omelet will be served" she stated.
"Alright, mom, I wanna talk to you about something, but I don't want to ruin our morning, so do you promise not to flip on me ??"
"Yeah yeah what is it, you got me sitting on fire here !!"
"Well, uhhmm …… never mind"
"No please tell, I wanna know what my son is thinking every once and a while."
" Well, you remember when I was a kid and I .."
"WAS A KID ??" mom interrupted, "honey you still are a kid !!"
"MOM !! Could ya please cut me some slack here ??"
"Alright alright, carry on."
"Well , you remember BACK WHEN I WAS A KID, and I wanted to become a pokemon master so bad, always influenced by the silver conference we used to watch on TV ??"
"Yeah I remember, you said you quit on that dream."
"Well, I wouldn't really say I quit, I actually never stopped thinking about it" I said, biting off almost half of my omelet, "I think it even evolved over the years. These last few days, I've been obsessed with pokemon training. I've been watching all the conferences online, and reading info on random pokemon, and on the basics of becoming a pokemon trainer, and I wanna …"
"Wanna what honey ?"
"I wanna leave school, and go on a pokemon training quest !!"
At that, my mom dropped her fork, and widened her eyes and stared at me.
"Mom would you at least say something !!" I yelled.
I looked at her, and her state was terrifying. It wasn't clear whether she was looking at me or at the front door behind me. Then she let out an enormous scream and stood up. Realizing that she couldn't have possibly been yelling at me, I thought I should look around. I mean when has such news brought so much disturbance to someone ?? Considering the possibility that my mom of all people was maybe the only one capable of developing a temper so fast and for such vague reason, I stopped to re-think the situation, then ended up standing up and looking around.
The second my eyes fell on him, I threw myself back on the table and stood next to my mother. My shirt was stained by oil from the omelet, but I didn't really care. There he was, a large dark figure standing in the door way. He was tall, wide, with short black hair and sunglasses on, wearing a tight black shirt with a huge red 'R' in the middle of.
Being a local, I immediately recognized him, he was a very high ranking Team Rocket Administrator, or admin for short. But this was not your standard admin, this was an "SO Admin" (Special Operations Admin), as the official Team Rocket ranking system suggested, or as the name on the streets suggested, an AOA, which stood for 'Admin of Admins', more commonly known as Burst Admins.
From the serious look on his face, his huge muscular body and injured knuckles, and the 9mm strapped around his waist, I could see that this guy was the type who was sent out to hurt people, or most likely kill them in this reality, or maybe torture for information. I gotta be honest here, for a second, the only thing I could think about was 'yay, I'm not going to school today !'.
Then realizing that I might probably not be going to school ever again, I found my self back in the disturbed terrified state of mind I was in moments ago. He looked at me with his serious 'I found you' look, and stated in a rather thick voice, seemingly the result of being imprisoned in a cave living with a bunch of Tyranatar of Ursaring for a very, very long time: "You Ven Arwood ??". Just then I had that vague sense of 'hey an SO admin knows my name, I must be famous' feeling right down my spine, and then less then a second later, it was spoiled by the 'he's gonna torture me, then kill me' feeling.
"Yeah" I answered, "wh-who are you ?".
"That's irrelevant, what really matters is what I want !"
"That being ??"
"Don't play fool with me, gimme the gem !!"
Well at that, it seemed kind of clear, in a way where I understand, but there are hundreds of possibilities and variable to take into consideration. Over the last few month, being obsessed with pokemon training, I bought over 50 gems on e-bay, gems that were supposedly replicas of activation gems, which as legend has it, awaken legendary pokemon.
"Which one ?" I asked, giving my mom a little glimpse then quickly turning away. I hadn't told her of these gems, and I had been buying them through her account, as I had succeeded in steeling her account number and the works, and she didn't actually check.
"What gems is he talking about Ven ??" asked mom.
"Uhhmm, I don't know ?? Ok I do, I'll explain later !!"
"No explain now. Please, go ahead, I would really like to know why this person is breaking into my house"
"Mom this isn't the time !!"
"Ohh this is just the time !"
"STOP IT !!" yelled the admin.
Then pretending to go on in the conflict, we continued arguing.
"Mom !! You always have to make a scene during the least appropriate moment !!"
"Don't you give me that big talk !! I have the 'say' around here, and you will do what I say
when I say it !!"
"NO !! Not when it could get me killed or .."
Seeing that this was the perfect time for an escape attempt, while the admin believed we were too busy arguing, mom, out of all people, made a move. She quickly snatched her frying pan, and hit it with all force in the admin's face, most likely bursting his nose's bone into pieces.
"RUN VEN !! RUN !!" she yelled.
Realizing that he would probably go after me, and leave my mom alone, I ran out the back door, and around the house to the front yard. I was in my home town, New Bark Town. I stood there in the middle of town.
I knew that the pokemon games said that New Bark Town was made up of three houses, but in reality, there were more, there were 4 houses.
Who the hell was I kidding, there was no way I could hide there, so I looked to the east, towards the lake, if I crossed that, I would end up in Kanto, and then I looked west, if I went that way, I would end up in CherryGrove City, which had loads of places to hide. I thought for a moment, and then realized that I would have to be a complete fool to swim in this whether, as it is December, so I ran down route 29, desperate to get away. What I didn't know none the less, was that even though I took route 29, I was still going to end up in Ka…… look at me, way off track again, we'll get there in time.
Uh... if there is nothing heree I'll just go and close this then. But if you are unsure if it is really too 'violent' for PC, then you can always PM it to myself or Astinus to check it for you and if it isn't what rating the story should have.
EDIT: Reopened as it is approved via PM and whatnot
I was so distorted, that I didn't really notice everyone looking at me !! I was running down route 29, through the high lines of trees, following the trail, trying not to get lost. I was so terrified that I was looking behind me, as I had managed to rotate my head 180 degrees around, and only occasionally looked at the road so that I didn't hit anyone. When I found out I wasn't being followed, I looked ahead, and I was wrong, there he was, the admin, right in front of me.
"HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET HERE ??" I yelled. He smiled, then put his hand out in front of me deceivingly trying to bust my face up and throw me to the ground, but I managed to skillfully dodge him, as I ducked under his hand and then jumped back up.
I looked back, and he was just standing still, looking at me with his sharp eyes, as if I had no where to hide. After a good ten minute run, I felt tired, and stopped. I bent down, put my hands on my knees to support my exhausted body, and panted slowly. It was so quite that the only sound in range was my breath.
After a few moments, I heard a very vague sound, and looked to my left to find its source. I saw someone looking away from me, with a huge steel pokemon with a huge X on its face, which I immediately recognized as Metagross. I walked slowly to him, still panting, and said: "Sir, please help me, there's someone following me, and I can't get away, could you please help, you have a very strong rare pokemon which this guy probably can't take on".
He still hadn't looked at me, and then he turned around slowly to reveal himself. He was an 18 year old teenager, give or take a few years, wearing a black suite with two purple zigzag shapes on both sides of the jacket, and two silver bands on his arms, above the elbows. His hair was a mixture of light blue and gray. He looked at me and said: "HUH ?? Who're you ??".
"That's not relevant. Can you please help ?".
"Who did you say was following you?"
"An AOA !!"
"An AOA ?? In these parts ? Hmm, interesting. Ok, where is he"
"Right here" said a loud voice coming from inside the woods, "lets see
who's trying to be the hero".
"Oh you were saying the truth !!" said the Metagross trainer. "Yeah !!" I said.
"Well lets show this guy what we're made of, Metagross, go !!".
The huge steel pokemon moved forward, and made a loud annoying sound which sounded like iron being bent and scratched 'Metaahhhhggghhh'.
"Trust me, you don't wanna do this" said the admin, "I am one of three of the most powerful admins in Team Rocket. Are you sure you wanna take this chance ?"
The Metagross trainer, having lowered his head, raised it again with a fierce look on his face, and said: "Try me !!".
"Oh well, go Steelix !!" yelled the admin, throwing his poke ball to the ground and releasing a huge serpent like pokemon made of successive chunks of steel. "Flash cannon !!" yelled the admin, as the Steelix charged a ball of grayish white in front of his face and fired it at Metagross. The impact hit Metagross with no apparent damage at all.
I stood there surprised, knowing the extreme power of a flash cannon attack. Then the Metagross trainer smiled, and said slowly: "Metagross, that tickled didn't it, I feel you bro. Now show him a real flash cannon".
The Metagross charged a ball of light in front of his face, almost three times bigger then the one the Steelix had created, then released it, and it hit Steelix's face directly. It threw him off balanced, and his face blasted into the ground, huge chunks of his steal body flew around everywhere. He immediately hit the ground, fainted.
Taking advantage of the current situation, the Metagross trainer yelled:
"Kid !! Put your hand on the Metagross !!" I was terrified of the huge pokemon, but seeing that my alternative was death, I immediately put my hand on the huge X on his face. He started glowing, and so did the Metagross trainer. I think I was glowing too, but I didn't really taking the time to look. A few moments later, I found my self in a pitch dark place, and I had no idea where I was. A second later, I felt it was appropriate to get some information, and stated: "Metagross Trainer ?? You here ??".
"Its Steven" said the Metagross trainer, "my name is Steven."
"Alright Steven, where the hell are we ??"
"Mount moon, next to Pewter city."
"Next to Pewter city eh?? Don't mind if I ask, but WHY THE HELL ARE WE IN KANTO !!!???"
"Woah woah, calm down, we teleported here. Don't worry, I'll take you back when we're sure he's left."
"Oh ok, sorry. That Metagross is the most powerful pokemon I have ever seen, could ya please go deeper
into who you are ??"
"Yeah, uhhmm, I'm Steven Stone, from the Hoenn region. I've been a pokemon trainer for six years now, I've been the Hoenn pokemon league champion for three years, then I moved to Kanto, and won that league. Now I wanna win this league, that's why I'm in Johto. I am a steel type maniac, my pokemon team consists of a collection of extremely rare steel type pokemon, my favorite being Metagross. That's all about me, what about you."
"I'm Ven Arwood, I'm just a normal person, who is obsessed with pokemon and I am a pokemon master wannabe. That's basically all about me."
"Well could you explain why that high ranking AOA was after you??"
"No, well I would if I knew what he wanted. He said something about a gem, and I have almost 50 gems, cause I have this obsession about activation gems, wait let me take out my MSU."
"You have an MSU ?? Where the hell did you get that, that costs like a million dollars."
"9999.99 $ to be exact, and I didn't buy it, my dad gave it to me before he left."
Just for explanatory reasons, an MSU stands for 'Multi Storage Unit', which uses the poke ball system to shrink items, and store them. It's very small, and has a pen shape, with a button on one end, and a glass semi-sphere on the other. It can't carry huge objects, only small tents and other small stuff.
Anyways, I took out my MSU, which was packed with a small tent, some cooking gear, and loads of supplies from food and drinks to AID kits, and my collection of gems, which was more or less sacred to me. I hit the button, and a hologram appeared, and finaly we had some light. I actually made that comment out loud, and Steven said: "Ohh sorry, Metagross, flash !!".
The huge pokemon lit up the X on its face, and we had some light, then I carried on. The hologram showed some items that I had stored, and I used my finger to scroll through them, and finally reached a big black box. I pushed my finger through the icon, and a red light shot to the ground, forming the said box. I opened it slowly, and showed it to Steven, who looked surprised, and said: "WHAT THE HELL!!!!! This is amazing, I see a red orb, a blue orb, a silver wing, a rainbow wing….."
"Replicas" I interrupted, "they're all replicas, I bought them off e-bay."
"Damn it, I was so excited. These are rare, if they had been real. Well if
that guy wanted 'the gem', I'm guessing one of these isn't a replica."
"We'll check them when we get back."
We sat around talking for almost an hour, then Steven said: "Well, lets get back, Metagross, teleport."
Again we put our hands on the Metagross, and appeared back at route 29, it was almost noon now, and I wanted to get home, but as Steven suggested, it was too dangerous, so we walked to Cherrygrove City. When we got there, we checked into the Pokemon Center. I wasn't a trainer, but they let me in anyways, cause of Steven's great reputation as the Hoenn champion.
Of course by now, I had remembered seeing Steven on TV once, while I was watching the conference. He put up quite the show, and won with flying colors. We sat around in the pokemon canter for the night, talking about his challenges and my dreams. The next day, we woke up, and walked outside to discuss what to do next. We took a little walk around Cherrygrove, and I said: "Steven, what do we do next ??"
"Well," started Steven, "I suggest we move ahead towards Violet City."
"NO !! I need to check on my mom."
"Well, in that case, go Metagross !!" yelled Steven as he released his poke ball and Metagross bust out.
"Metagross, teleport us to New Bark Town."
We both put our hands on the Metagross, and it began to glow, teleporting us to New Bark Town. We stood there for a moment, in the middle of town, distorted from the trip, or at least I was. I ran into my house, hoping I would find my mom crying at the most, but I was wrong.
The front door was blasted away, the walls were scratched everywhere, some of the floor tiles ripped off, obviously, they were looking for the gem, whichever one that was, but my mom was no where to be seen. I looked and looked and looked, then finally accepting the fact that she wasn't there, I walked outside to Steven who was waiting for me there. "Well ??" he said.
"She's not in there" I said, "I, I looked ev-everywhere. I don't understand, wh-what would they want with her ??"
"They probably just took her as collateral, don't worry Ven, I'll help you get her back, I promise"
I stood there for a minute, still absorbing the information, then I said: "Thanks Steven, you've already helped me enough, I'll go on from here."
"Really, alone ?? Dude you have no pokemon, and I don't mind helping. I've encountered Team Rocket before, in Kanto. I think the best step to take now is to find out which one of these gems is the real one."
"Thanks, I guess that would be the best step, but I have no idea where to find a jewels expert here in Johto."
"I do" he said confidently, "there's this guy back in Hoenn, lives next to my home town, Mossdeep. We call him the shard maniac, and he's an expert at this kind of stuff, he used to trade rare stones for shards that trainers found at sea."
"Well how do we get to Hoenn ??"
"We teleport !!"
At that queue, we put our hands on Metagross, and teleported.
This time, I felt that teleporting had taken a bit longer, maybe cause it was to a far place, but anyways, we arrived on a tiny island, composed only of sand and a small house. Steven walked up to the door, and knocked on it.
The sound of the knock echoed inside, as if the house was fully empty. I felt a small chill running down my spine, then the door opened. Behind it was something that looked like a Christmas tree with a human head.
He greeted us with a very high pitched voice, like the sound of interference: "Steven !! Welcome, when did you get back ?"
"Just 12 seconds ago Tim, 12 seconds." replied Steven, "Can we come in?"
"Sure, sure, what are you waiting for, please, please come in."
We walked in slowly, as he gestured us to a pair of leather chairs behind a desk, and he walked inside, leaving us alone for a few moments of complete silence, then he started: "So Steven, what brings you back here after almost a year on the road ?"
"I need your help with a gem situation" said Steven, "we have a couple of gems, and need to find out which one of them is real."
"Well in that case, come in."
We stood up and carefully walked inside, trying with difficulty to dodge all the jewels and rocks hanging from the roof. We walked through the door way into what seemed to be a miniature laboratory.
"Well ?? Where are they" said Tim, "where are these gems ?"
"Gimme a minute" I said, as I pulled out my MSU and pointed it to the ground, releasing the box. This surprised Tim to a point that he stood up and snatched the MSU from my hand.
"Oh my !! An MSU, what a treat !!" he said, "Where did you get this ?"
"My dad gave it to me, and it is very sentimental, so can I please have it back ?"
"Yeah sure" he said, as he passed it over to me, then slowly bent down to examine the box. He picked out three of them and started to run examine them, then another three, until finally he found one which made his eyes grow and mouth open. He put it aside for a moment, then passed it over to Steven, and said: "This one, this is the real one, but that's no gem !
No, no, that my friend, you are going to want to stay away from !!"
"Why" asked Steven, "is it an activation gem ??"
"No !!"
"Well ?? What is it ??"
"I'm not really sure I wanna be talking about that !!"
"Tell me, or Metagross will fry you !!"
"Ok ok, chill man, I'll tell you !! You guys are so harsh !!"
"WELL ???"
"Uhhmm, its-its uhhmm, its Xenomite !!", his faced was as pale as a, well, a pale !! He was obviously terrified.
"What the hell's Xenomite ?" I asked.
"This can't be" he started, "that element is only experimental. How the hell could it be ??"
"Enlighten us !!" said Steven.
"This element is called Xenomite" said Tim, "its only theoretical, although some fool tries to manufacture it every once and a while, and gets himself killed. Its very dangerous, and if exposed to high energy, it is very radioactive. Theoretically, its uses are very good, but they just can't get it to a stable state."
"What uses ?"
"Well it is believed that this element, being so highly radioactive, is capable of producing great amounts of energy. In fact, it's so strong, that under certain conditions, it can turn into plasma, and then turn back. If this gem is applied to an electric or a fire type pokemon, It would, only theoretically, make them invincible."
"Well then, I can see why Team Rocket want it so badly."
"T-t-Team Rocket ?? Steven what the hell have you gotten me into ??"
"Don't worry Tim, you're in Hoenn, they can't get to you here, we have to go. Thanks Tim, see you later."
Me and Steven stood up, and walked outside, but before we teleported, we talked a bit.
"This all makes sense now" I said, "They want the gem so they can power up their pokemon and take over the world with an elite league of invincible pokemon".
"Yeah" said Steven, "Sure looks like that, well we have to get back, if you wanna be a pokemon master, its actually your duty to save the world when it comes to that."
"Well right now, all I want is my mom, so I'll definitely go with you !!"
"Well, next, we go to Violet, but as trainers, I can't just teleport us everywhere, so we're gonna have to walk."
"Ok sure, fine with me."
We both put our hands on Metagross, but before we teleported, we heard a thump behind us, and both tuned around, only to see some bird pokemon thingy lying on the ground. I immediately recognized it as Swellow, which is one of the fastest pokemon ever.
Obviously it had crashed, so I ran to it, in an attempt to help it. It was breathing, thankfully, so I held it up to its feet, and took out my MSU, and released an AID kit from it. I took out a bandage to help with the pokemon's leg, and after ten minutes, the pokemon was as good as new, but couldn't actually fly for quite some time now.
Then we stood up, and Steven complimented me on my 'good work' as he put it, then we put our hands on Metagross, and just a split-second before we teleported, the Swellow jumped on to Metagross, in an attempt to follow me, and teleported with us to Cherrygrove. When we got there, we both looked at the huge bird pokemon, and Steven said: "Well, Ven wait for me, just a minute so I can take her back."
"No" I said, "I think it likes me, I wanna keep it."
"Ven, are you sure ??"
"Well you did compliment on me not having any pokemon, right ?"
"Well, if you put it that way, I think you have a point. Ok lets go into the mart to get you some pokeballs."
"No wait, I wanna go get them."
Steven gave me a quick nod, and I ran to the mart, and bought 15 pokeballs, stored 14 of them in the MSU, and took one outside. I walked up to the Swellow, and said: "I'm gonna try to capture you, if you let me, I will know that you want to be with me, otherwise, I will let you go, OK ?"
The bird gave me a quick nod, then I took my pokeball, and pressed the button on the pokemon chest, engulfing it. Then I put the pokeball on the ground, as it moved left and right, then finally made that 'tingg' sound, and Swellow was capture. I stood in pride, and Steven congratulated me.
I thanked him, and we walked up through route 30.
We had been walking for almost half an hour, talking all about pokemon, when we heard someone walking up behind us. We turned around, only to see that freek'n Admin standing in the middle of the road.
"Did you really think you could get away from me ??" he said.
"Go Metagross" yelled Steven, releasing his steel pokemon, but before he could do anything, the Admin had walked up to me, and punched me in the nose, breaking almost 7 bones. I started bleeding all over my face. I could barely see or say anything cause of the blood in my eyes and mouth.
But I could make out what was happening. He walked up to Steven quickly, held his shirt with one hand, and put the other on his waist, then he raised Steven into the air, and through him into the bushes.
Immediately, realizing the danger of the Metagross, he took out a rod which was strapped to his waist, next to his gun. It had an orb on its tip.
He held it towards Metagross, and hit the button, which released purple pulses, and hypnotized the Metagross. Two civilians had seen what was happening, and ran over to help. But the Admin was too strong, and he held the rod to one of the civilians' face, and hit the button. The purple pulses were released again, but apparently, they had a different affect on humans.
The person stood still, then started to scream as his body started to smoke and burn. There was no fire, but his skin was getting fried, it momentarily got red, then almost melted away. His ears and eyes and nose started to pour blood, until finally, he fell to the ground, dead. The other civilian, having seen what happened, tried to get away. He ran, but the Admin un-holstered his gun, and pointed it to the guys back, and fired.
It was something with a kick to it, because the poor civilian was thrown almost 10 meters ahead, and he lye there, dead. I was so angry at how he could kill someone without even hesitating, and I made a very foolish move. I wiped as much blood off my face as I could, then ran towards him, and tackled him in the back, which he seemed to not feel. He turned around, and held me by the neck, and dragged me.
A few seconds later, I heard the sound of a pokeball opening. Then a very familiar sound, which I later found out was Steven's voice, having had almost half of his bones fractured, said: "Armaldo, dynamic punch !!"
I looked around, still bleeding like hell, with my hand on my nose trying to keep enough blood for my circulatory system in me. I saw a huge weird looking pokemon walking, or rather running very, very slowly, towards us. When the Admin heard the order, he turned around, but was too late. He let go of me, and took the full blow to the chest, and was thrown 3 meters into the air, then fell unconscious. I had fallen face first to the ground, but was still thankful I was alive.
I was still able to walk, barely, and walked up to Steven, and helped him out of the bushes. We sat next to Metagross for a few minutes, then I fainted.
I woke up almost a day after the incident on route 30. I was in a rather small hospital room, and next to me, on the other bed, was Steven. He was awake too, and apparently ok, like I was. "What the hell happened ?"
I asked, "Where are we?"
"We're in the Rustboro Official Hospital, I teleported us here after the incident. You fainted, and I had to keep you mouth clear of blood so you didn't suffocate. It was quite the nasty thing to do."
"Well thanks anyways. I feel better. You??"
"Yeah I feel a lot better too, thanks."
"Well we should get out of here, right?"
"Yeah, lets"
We stood up and walked out of the room, and went to the receptionist's desk and got our things back. We put our own clothe back on, and walked outside. On the street, we released Metagross, or more like Steven released Metagross, and we teleported back to exactly where we were on route 30. I realized something weird and asked: "Steven, why is it we teleport exactly where we were every time ?? Isn't that dangerous ?"
"Well it is, but that's what trainers do, we don't like the easy way, we have to take each step on our own."
"Oh ok, well its starting to get on my nerve, we'd better get going."
We started walking, and it had only been like a minute when Steven said:
"WOW !!"
"What ?" I asked.
"Look at that" he said, pointing to a huge pokeball hidden between the trees.
"What is that ??" I asked.
"Don't know, but lets get closer"
We walked up to the tree, and found a big black door at the bottom of the pokeball. We knocked on it, only out of curiosity. A few moments later, it opened. A normal looking person walked out, which was a first. I mean for the last few days, every time I look into a doorway, there had been someone scary there. First the rocket Admin in my house, then the weird shard guy in Mossdeep. But this guy was normal, wearing a black suite and a black 'cowboy hat', as Steven referred to it.
"Who're you ??" the guy asked.
"Hello sir" said Steven, "my name is Steven, and this fellow is Ven, we are traveling together as pokemon trainers."
"Well well, pokemon trainers huh ??". He looked at Steven for a moment, then snapped his fingers and said: "You're that three time Hoenn champion, and latest Kanto Champion right ??"
"That's true" declared Steven, a very strong fire in his eyes.
"Well well, welcome trainers, please come in."
We walked inside, into what was a very beautiful house. Organized and clean, with colorful furniture, and posters of weird looking pokemon all over the walls. It was quite comforting. He sat on a red couch, and said:
"Sit please, I have a lot I want to talk about."
Steve laughed, and said: "Sir, you don't even know us."
"True, but you are pokemon trainers aren't you ?? I adore pokemon trainers, as pokemon are me passion." The last bit of this expression was kind of unnecessary, due to the posters and dolls all over the place.
"We can see that" said Steven, "So, what's your name ?"
You may have noticed I still haven't said anything since we knocked on the door, and I have no idea why.
"My name is Geonard Lavor, I am a pokemon researcher. Have you ever heard of professors Oak and Elm ??"
"Yes we most certainly have."
"Well, they are my colleges, or were my colleges, we used to study together. Oak studied the pokemon-human relation, Elm studied pokemon abilities, and I studied pokemon breeding and evolution. To be more specific, Professor Oak was our teacher, haha"
"Wow, you must be very good."
"Yes, they call me Mr. Pokemon."
"You're Mr. Pokemon ? Wow, its an honor to meet you." said Steven, and since I knew how popular Mr. Pokemon was, I thought it was about time for me to say something as well.
"Wow, I've heard a lot about you," I stated, "aren't you the researcher, who along with Professor Elm, discovered the pre evolution of Pikachu, Electabuz and Magmar ?"
"Yes it was indeed me and Professor Elm who discovered those pokemon, along with the mysteries of pokemon breeding pairs."
"Wow, it's a pleasure to meet you sir ??"
"Sir ??" said Steven, "I need to ask you something. Look at this gem." At that, he signaled me to release thee gem, and I used the MSU to release the box, and picked out the gem in question. We handed it over to Mr. Pokemon, and Steven continued: "We have been told that it's made of Xenomite.". The Professor looked up with extreme surprise and excitement in his eyes, and said: "WHAT ?? XENOMITE ??? Woah, this is something, are you sure ??"
"Quite sure yes. Because an expert told us, and to bring more truth to the fact, a Team Rocket AOA is after it" he said, pointing to the scar on his neck and that on my nose. "These are the fruits of his actions."
"Uhhmm, I see. Well what is it you need ??"
"We need you to look at this gem, and tell us its exact applications."
He took the gem, and walked up to a big table on the corner of the room.
"Activate" he said, and under the table, the floor panel lowered and moved to the side, disappearing. Then, the table rose up, and flipped, and went down through the now nonexistent floor panel, and instead, came up a lab table, with a microscope, and other tools and gadgets which I didn't recognize. He put the gem in one of the machines, and hit a button, then looked at the screen and said: "Woah, this is actually Xenomite. Lets see its rate."
He put the gem on another panel, and hit a button, and the panel moved into another machine, which lit up, and started to display calculations on its screen.
He examined it, punched in some numbers into a calculator, and said: "The rate on this Particular Isotope of Xenomite is……. OH MY GOD…. Its 125/210. This is impossible, the largest rate ever reached was 83/210, and even that wasn't stable. This is impossible !! MY GOD !! You wanted to know the applications. Well I can tell you, but I urge you to not try them. This stone, if applied to any type of energy will give even more energy !! And if applied to plasma, that plasma's power will grow to un-imaginable levels. It's 100% obvious why an AOA would want this. With this, Team Rocket could create the strongest fire and electric type pokemon ever."
"Yes we are aware of that, but we need to know, is all this guaranteed ??"
"Yes, of course it is, especially with this extreme rate !!"
"Well Mr. Pokemon, thank you very much, but we must be on our way."
"Well young trainers, this has been a very nice visit, I hope you come by again. Sorry I had no drinks to offer you. I am so busy most of the time, that I never eat here, and I ever barely eat at all. Good bye."
"Good bye" I said, and we walked outside slowly, and looked at each other, and I said: "Well, its confirmed now isn't it. If they get their hands on this.." I said, while putting my hand into my pocket. My eyes flew wide open. "THE GEM !!!" I yelled, then ran as fast as I could to the Professor's house, and knocked on it with all my might. "OPEN UP YOU THEIF !! OPEN UP !!"
I was yelling like a crazy person, but I had very good reason. Why would he steal it ?? But I mean, he is a researcher, he might have stolen it for himself. But then again, he could be working for Team Rocket. I knocked a couple more times, then Steven said: "Step aside Ven, Metagross, Hyper Beam !!"
I stepped aside quickly, as the Metagross charges a yellowish white beam in front of its face, and fired it at the door, which made a huge explosion. When the smoke cleared out, the door was completely destroyed. We ran inside quickly, Metagross still released form its pokeball, for defensive reasons. We were attacking the house of an evolution researcher after all, signifying that he would have pokemon at there final evolutionary stages, and we were right.
The second we walked in, we saw a red blur move at super speed from one side of the room to the other. We looked, and saw a tall Hen like pokemon, which also resembled a human. "A Blazekin !!" said Steven, "This'll be fun. Metagross, Hyper Beam !!" The steel pokemon fired a hyper beam at Blazekin, but he was too fast for the huge chunk of steel, and skillfully dodged it using his super speed, which was clearly an extremespeed attack.
"Its fast, but it's a fighting type, so use Psychic !!" the Metagross's eyes started to glow blue, and the Blazekin stopped in its track, and fell to the ground with its hands on its head. It was very weak to psychic type moves, and a few seconds later, it fainted.
Steven smiled in victory, but he celebrated too soon, as a new challenge came forth. A Magmortar walked through the doorway. "What ?? Come on !!" said Steven, and he closed his eyes in disappointment. He held his pokeball out, and said: "Return Metagross" as a thin red light shot out of the pokeball, engulfing the huge steel pokemon and drawing him into the ball. Then he took another pokeball from his waist, and threw it to the ground yelling : "GO AGGRON !!".
A big steel and rock pokemon with a horn was released, and it immediately took action, running towards the Magmortar and punching it in the face. The Magmortar took some damage, and gave another attack in response, but it wasn't that strong as the Aggron was kind of immune. The Aggron delivered another punch, but it appeared that Magmortar had understood Aggron's patter, and was able to dodge it. The Aggron gave another punch, which Magmortar failed to dodge because it had just dodged the first one, and Magmortar fell to the ground fainted.
Steven was so fast at finishing battles, that I though I would try it my self, and threw my own pokeball releasing my newly caught Swellow. It had healed, and I walked up to it and removed the bandage from its leg.
Then I started talking to it: "Swellow, are you ready to battle ??". The Swellow gave a small nod, and turned into the doorway, through which walked an Ivysaur. I was happy, because I was some what of a expert, and knew that grass types were weak against flying types, and so we had the advantage.
"Swellow, wing attack" I yelled, and the Swellow flew as high as it could in the room, then flew down and impacted the Ivysaur with its left wing, which appeared to seriously hurt it. "Again !!" I yelled, as the Swellow repeated the same maneuver and hurt the Ivysaur even more.
The Ivysaur tried to protect itself, and tried a Vine whip, but Swellow easily dodged it, and did its own move this time, a gust, which threw the Ivysaur into the adjacent wall, fainted.
"I have to say" I said, "even though his pokemon are in their high stages, they aren't very strong are they ??"
"No not really" said Steven, "but you did a very good job for your first pokemon battle."
"Thanks, but I know a lot because of my research."
Then, Steven ran into the next room, and found Mr. Pokemon sitting there, with disappointment on his face.
"Why would you pull a prank like that ??"
"You don't understand" he said, "I need the money they give me so I can do my research, where do you think all this came from."
By then I had reached the room, and saw Steven walk up slowly towards Mr. Pokemon, with a look on his face which suggested that he was willing to forgive him, but he ended up punching him in the face, and taking the gem with force. Then we looked at each other, and walked out quickly as to not run into any more pokemon.
"WAIT !!" came a voice from inside. Out came Mr. Pokemon, running towards us. "I have this" he continued, putting his hand in his bag. Me and Steven thought he would have something that would help us, or an errand or something useful, but we were wrong.
Instead, he pulled out a gun, and pointed it to my face. "Give me the gem slowly, and don't try any moves, or your friend here gets it" he said to Steven.
"Can't we talk about this ??" asked Steven. He was strangely calm. Then, we heard a sound from the bushes, and Mr. Pokemon, being very paranoid right now, shouted: "Who's there ?? Show yourself !!"
Out of the bushes walked something that scared the hell out of me, but was a bit more familiar then Mr. Pokemon.
It was that freek'n Admin, and he too was holding a weapon, but this time, it was a sawn-off shotgun, and he had it point blank into Steven's face.
"G-good. Its its you. Uhhmm, I was just getting the gem for you."
Obviously, the Admin was not interested, because he turned the shotgun, to my surprise, and aimed it towards Mr. Pokemon's face, and pulled the trigger, blasting Mr. Pokemon's head off, and his brain matter all over the floor. Usually, I would be sick and crying, but I had gotten used to this since the last encounter with the admin.
"WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT ??" yelled Steven, his kind heart pushing him to have empathy, even for such a person.
"Non of your business." said the Admin, "now give me the gem."
"I don't get it. I really don't." I said, "Why don't you just kill us and take it ??"
"And risk you having hid it somewhere, I don't think so."
"Damn it he's good, you're right !!" I said, trying to mislead him, "we hid it somewhere. I'll give it to you, but you have to promise you'll let us go !!"
"How about I promise that I'll kill you if you don't ??"
"OK, that will suffice. We threw it in a pond back at route 30, where we thought no one would find it."
Steven smiled, then wiped it off his face as to not expose us.
"WALK !!" said the Admin.
"What ?" I asked.
"Well you don't think I would be as stupid as to let you deceive me. You are coming with me, and one of you will dive to get it, while the other stays as collateral.
"Ok, lets go" I said, trying not to show him that I was lying, "but can I ask you something ??"
"It's a long walk, so go ahead."
"Well, can you explain why you want one of us to stay as collateral, when you have my mother ??"
"What ?? What are you talking about ?? I don't have your mother. The last time I saw her was at your house."
Me and Steven looked at each other confused.
"How do you know she's gone ??" the admin asked. "Oh… OH !! Haha. Man, first I wanted to ambush you at your house, but I though you couldn't possibly be that stupid. Haha. You actually went ??"
"Yes of course I did. We knew it was risky, but she's my mother. Where the hell is she if she isn't with you ??"
"No idea."
"Well at least I know she's not with you guys, that's the best news I got all day."
"We're here" said Steven, "it's in that pond there" he said, pointing to a small pond which I had failed to notice the first time we walked by here. I was actually referring to another one, but still.
"Dive !!" said the Admin.
"Me ?" I asked.
"Yes, now dive !!"
I took my shirt off, took a deep breath, and without another thought, dove into the pond. It was freezing !! I looked for some distraction, and found a rock, mid sized, and easy to carry. I held it, and surfaced, and said: "Wait, let me take a breath, Steven !! How deep in did you throw it ?"
"Just under you." said Steven, trying to make it seem as real as possible.
Then I knew I had to make a move, or he would've killed us, so I tried to deceive him, and opened my eyes wide open, and looked a bit above him, and said: "Oh hell no !! Look out !!"
The Admin didn't even flinch, and smiled then said: "I couldn't possibly be that stupid."
Then to make it seem even more real, Steven did a move, and as the Admin was looking at me, Steven threw himself forward, falling at the tip of the pond, making the illusion that someone pushed him. Now, the Admin was convinced that there was someone behind him, so he turned around, and I took the advantage and threw the rock at his hand, making him drop the shotgun.
Then Steven, lying there on the ground, tripped him, and immediately jump up on his chest, and started punching him in the face. Then he picked up the rock I had just thrown, and hit him with it in the face, and kept doing that until he became unconscious. I have to say, although Steven was skinny, he had a heart of steel, like his team !!
He didn't let any opportunity pass him by, without taking full advantage of it, whether beating the hell out of an admin, or punching a researcher, he did it.
We stood up, and walked away without a single word. Then a few meters away, we both stopped, and looked in each others faces. A look that meant we both knew what had to be done.
"I'll do it" said Steven, "I don't want you to have to carry this burden, I have done this before when it was necessary, and its necessary now."
I opened my mouth to say something, but had nothing to say, so I closed it.
Steven walked up to the Admin, picked up the shotgun, and aimed it to his chest. I didn't want to watch, but I was compelled, for this guy had brought me so much trouble. Then, Steven slowly started to pull the trigger, until the shotgun finally fired, blasting the Admin's chest open.
He gave a last breath of despair, then apparently passed away. We looked at him for a moment, then Steven held him by the shoulders and dragged him to the water, and threw him in. He walked up to me, then said in a low voice: "Let's get to Violet."
It had been almost three miles of us walking without a single word to each other. You might think it was normal, having just killed someone, Steven might not want to talk about it, but I knew something had to be said, so I started: "Steven ?"
"Yeah ?" answered Steven.
"Are we gonna talk about what happened back there ??"
"No."
"Why ?"
At that, Steven stopped, and turned around to look at me, because I was a meter or so behind him, and stared at me with his serious 'don't tempt me' look, then said with a rather scary voice: "Do you know how old I am ??"
"Yeah" I answered, confused about the relevance of this with the topic.
"Really ?? You do ?? Take a guess."
"18 ?"
"23 !! You know just as much as I do that killing him was necessary. He was a man with a cause and nothing to lose, he would follow us day and night till he killed us, or did something worse. He had to be taken out."
"I know, but I was just suggesting for you to talk about it."
"Ha, believe me, I don't have to talk about it. I've done this before."
We started walking again.
"When ?" I asked.
"Back in Kanto. There was this duo of team rocket agents, their names were Butch and Cassidy. They followed me and followed me, until they got me once and were able to take Metagross captive. I threw one of them off a cliff, and the other, well, I stabbed him very hard in the heart. That was my second time. I also killed a Team Magma agent back in Hoenn. We live in a world of grave dangers, and we have to be ready to do what is necessary."
After that, and in a common sense of knowledge, we shut up before someone said something wrong. Only a few second later, we reached a junction point. One road to the left, another to the right. We looked to the right, just out of curiosity, cause we knew that wasn't the way to Violet, and saw a cave entrance. We looked right, and saw a big house, which was actually a link between the route and Violet, and approached it.
We pushed the door, in belief it would open, but for some reason, it didn't. We tried again, but there was no hope, it was closed firmly. We called out for a civilian sitting at the side of the road, and asked him what had happened: "Hey!! Do you know why this link is closed ?"
"Yeah" he started, "There was an accident in Violet City, and they had to close down the link, so people didn't get hurt."
"What happened ?" asked Steven.
"There was a bombing, the bell tower was destroyed !! It fell to the ground, and destroyed half the city with it."
"WHAT ?? A bombing ?? The bell tower ?? Who ??"
"Team Rocket of course !!"
"Why the hell would they do that ? It was a peaceful tower for tourists."
"Not really !! It used to be for tourists, but the government bought it, and remodeled it, making it an HQ for the CIA."
"What ?? That's so weird."
"Yep, it is."
"How do we get in ?" I asked.
"Well" started the civilian, "you can't. There is one way, but its way too dangerous."
"What way ?? Tell us !!"
"Well, you see that link" he said, pointing to the link building, "well you can cross to the other side through the woods on both sides, but its dangerous, and pointless, because the city is completely closed down. And even if it weren't, the building itself cause too much damage for any one in his full mind to even try to cross"
"Thanks" I said, looking at Steven who understood that we had to go through no matter what, because it was related to Team Rocket. We started walking, and entered the woods. They were very narrow, and too dense for any light to pass through.
It took almost an hour to get across, and we stood there, facing a large hill. We looked up, and gradually smiled, knowing that Violet City was just over that very hill. We climbed, and once we reached the top, we shared a very strong, and rather scary, sense of surprise. The civilian was right.
The tower had been destroyed, and it had fallen onto the city, destroying almost half of what was once the great city of Violet.
Bell tower was an enormous building, known only for its size. This was the reason tourists wanted to see it. Violet city was also something of a wonder. It was huge, and was mainly made up of streets which might as of well have been a maze. But all that was gone !!
We stood there in surprise for a moment, then heard the sound of a flying pokemon closing in behind us. We turned around, to see a huge Pidgeot, and a very familiar person riding it. It was Falkner, Violet City's flying type gym leader.
I looked astonished. I had heard a lot about him !! He was a flying type trainer legend !! He flew down to the city, and landed somewhere ahead of the destruction. We walked down the hill to reach the city, and stood next to the demolished building, more like as close as they would let us get. Then someone approached us, and started talking on his own: "You know, this tower was a great land mark, and now the 'Illustrious Team Rocket' had to go ahead and destroy it."
"Why would they destroy it ??" I asked.
"It was a CIA Head Quarters !!"
"Yeah we know that" stated Steven, "but why would they destroy it if it posed no direct danger to them ?"
"You're right, never thought about there being a more specific reason, but there might have been a case or something against them."
Steven looked at me and said: "We have to go in. If they were investigating something, it might have had something to do with the Xenomite rock."
"Oh well" I replied, "We've been doing this 'dangerous' stuff for a while now, I've gotten used to it, but how are we supposed to get past the police ??"
"Easy man, we distract them with something !!"
Five minutes later of course, people were screaming everywhere, because a crazy Metagross was attacking a candy shop. Yep, you guessed it, it was Steven's Metagross, and by the time the Metagross was 'scared away', we had gotten in, and were searching for a mainframe or documents. Everything was flipped sideways, but there was still a server which seemed to be intact. We moved up to it, and Steven said: "It'll take me a minute to hack in !!"
"Ok" I said, looking at all sides as a precaution.
"Ok !! I'm in" he said, as I walked up to the screen to see what was happening. "Ok" he continued, "there are only three files on Team Rocket. First one is about, harassing trainers, Second is about theft, nothing interesting here, and third is about ……….. Ok, weapons of mass destruction !! Lets see !"
Now things were getting interesting, then an unfamiliar face popped up on the screen, and Steven said: "Hmm, says here this guy is a molecular scientist, accused of working with Team Rocket on the project, a project called Project Orion. Says their goal was to use a new element, called Xenomite, that's convenient, and use it to super power electric and fire type pokemon. The agent in charge of the case is Margin Lever, was killed three days before the bombing, and the building was probably bombed to remove the file from existence."
"Where does the scientist guy live ?" I asked.
"Kanto, in Vermilion City."
"Lets teleport there !!"
"Too early, we need to get more information, lets get out of here."
He took a pen and a piece of paper, and wrote down the address, then gestured me outside, and we walked out slowly, trying not to cause any more destruction. When we were outside, we walked up the hill, realizing we couldn't get past the building into the rest f the city. A few moments later, Metagross joined us, and Steven recalled him, as we walked through the forest again into route 30.
"What do we do now ??"
"Well, says here there's a cave nearby, maybe that one we saw earlier ?? Lets see." He looked at his map, "Its called Dark Cave, creepy !!"
"Yep where is it ??"
"Just ahead !!"
We walked a little till we reached the cave entrance, and Steven released his Metagross, and we walked in, very slowly, trying to buy as much time as we can, before entering the dark and creepy cave.
CHAPTER 7 - If You're Dwelling and You Know it, Show Your Face
Once in the cave, Steven ordered Metagross to use flash, which didn't really do anything.
"Steven" I said, "is it just me, or does it seem like the darkness in here is eating up your Metagross's light ?? In here, it's like light is the absence of darkness, not the other way around !"
"Well" stated Steven, "it's probably because its very light outside, we'll get accustomed to it in a minute."
"If you say so !!"
I walked for a few minutes, and my eyes had still not gotten accustomed to any of this. One step, two steps, then BANG !!
"Damn it !!" I screamed, "I hit my head on something."
"Haha, man you're so funny when you get hurt, I swear I might shoot you some day just to see how you react."
"What the hell was that ?"
"Probably just a bolder you didn't see, Metagross, light it up" Metagross aimed its flash attack towards the object in front of me.
"This really does not look like a rock to me !!" I said.
Steven looked at it for a moment, moving his head up and down slowly, until his eyes flew wide open, and he seemed, for the first time ever, terrified.
"Ven" he said in a very low voice, "move away from it slowly".
"Why ?" I asked, ignorantly with a high voice.
I looked up, only to see a pair of very creepy red eyes looking back down at me. Then it released a sound: Raaarrgghhhh. And it took a step forward, and almost stepped on me.
"VEN !!! RUN NOW !!!"
I stood up, only to get punched into the adjacent wall by the monster. I stood up and ran quickly with Steven and Metagross ahead of me, and the loud sounds of crushing foot steps behind. I looked back for a second, and only saw his foot. It stepped on the ground with such might, that the ground cracked under him.
We ran under through cave doors into other rooms, hid behind boulders, but wherever we went, he just ripped it away, or crushed it instantly, and kept running on our tails.
We ran down a line of boulders, and saw a dead end ahead. When we reached it, we found a quick turn to the right, and took it, then we immediately took another turn to the right. It was like a U-turn, and we felt for a moment that we had lost him, but unfortunately, he was so big, that he took a short cut, and jumped over the boulders on the right, immerging right behind us. Then he started to run again, or more like walk.
Each one of his steps was as big as 15 of ours. We heard a sound like a laser beam, and a large yellowish white beam past right next to us, and missed by less then a yard, blasting a hole into the wall in front of us, and we ran through it, but we were still in the cave.
"VEN !! FASTER !!" yelled Steven. I tried to obey, but that was the fastest I could go, cause the monster almost broke my back by punching me earlier.
We saw another dead end, but this time, there appeared to be no escape. We didn't look back just yet, we were terrified, so terrified that we failed to notice a narrow opening to our left, and ran through it.
We ran and ran and ran, but the terrifying sound of his foot steps kept following us. The cave was surprisingly long, and it took us more then 15 minutes of constant running and ducking until we finally saw the entrance.
"VEN !! HURRY UP GET OUTSIDE NOW !!"
I obeyed, and ran outside. Once we knew, or rather suspected, that we were safe, we stopped and looked back at the cave entrance. Bang, Drag, Bang Drag, the sounds came closer and closer from the inside.
We still didn't know what we were up against. Then, we heard the sound of loud cracking noises, and the cave wall above the entrance shattered to pieces. Then we saw what we had been running away from. It was a huge green pokemon, a Tyranatar.
It walked up to us,, destroying the ground under it, but before it could deliver a hit, a voice came from inside the cave: "Tyranatar, stop, be nice to these peop…", he stopped the second he saw us. "You !!" he said, pointing to us, "you killed my partner !!"
"Woah !!" said Steven, "I know who you are, you're that Team Rocket AOA, you're the Iron Masked Murrodor !!"
"So you know of me !! Well I know of you, my partner Greven was on your case, and we tracked his GPS signal and followed it, only to find him dead in a pond. You killed him, and you'll regret it, Tyranatar, Hyper Beam !!"
Immediately, Steven recalled his Metagross, and pulled me with him into a small lake behind us. We swam to shore, on the other side, and walked up to dry land. We sat there for a moment and panted. "You ok ??" asked Steven.
"Yeah." I answered, "man that was just so freek'n weird. Why was that Tyranatar in that cave ??"
"Probably training, they tend to do that a lot."
"Hmm, weird, anyways, where the hell are we ??"
"Right under Blackthorn city, lets walk up there."
We walked for less then 20 minutes, and reached Blackthorn. It was a very unique style of houses built next to each other, in strange adjacent rows. We walked up to the pokemon center, and checked in for the night.
"Well" said Steven, "this was a very awkward day, is there any type of violence we did not experience ?"
"I doubt it" I answered, "we were almost killed on more then three occasion today, and even walked into a legendary building, which was destroyed, and I'm exhausted, good night."
"Good night to you too."
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The next day, I woke up barely capable of moving my limbs. All the running yesterday really had its affect on me. I stood up, with extreme difficulty, and looked to Steven's bed, which was empty. I went into the bathroom, and brushed my teeth, and had some breakfast, all from the supplies in my MSU.
Later on, I realized that the MSU was miraculously with me, despite all the running and falling yesterday. I was just about to leave the room when Steven opened the door, with 7 pokeballs in his hands. I instantly looked to my waist, and saw that he had taken my pokeball and revived my pokemon too. I thanked him, and we set off to explore Blackthorn.
Considering the events that happened yesterday, we decided to blow off some steam, by doing some 'off duty work' as Steven referred to it. We went to markets, had lunch and desert in a restaurant.
We finally reached a lake, rather big, with an island in the middle of. There was sign, with a map, indicating that Clair's gym was on the other side of the lake, on the other side of the island. We rented a boat, and rode to the other side. Clair was the Blackthorn dragon type gym leader, and her pokemon were one of a kind.
Once we arrived, we saw a very amazing structure carved into the mountain. It was an arc, with two dragons on either side, firing beams towards each other. The beams faded in the middle onto a third dragon. The three dragons were very recognizable. They were Palkia, Dialga, and Giratina. In the middle of the structure was a door, with a small sign carved into the side. It read:
Thee who enters here, accepts his fate, to battle the legendary dragon types.
P.S. I'm very sick of weaklings, please come in if and only if you're capable of withstanding my power, and agree to not sue me if your pokemon end up dead.
Steven laughed in an evil manner, and decided to go in, and I followed.
We walked through the structure carved into the mountain, only to find ourselves in a huge cavern with dragon statues on both sides. There was a long bridge in the middle of the room, passing over what seemed to be a pool of lava. At the end, there was a young women with blue hair standing aside her dragon pokemon, a Salamence.
Steven smiled in happiness, excited to his next battle against the most powerful dragon master ever, Clair, the Blackthorn dragon type gym leader. Once he got in talking range, he stated:
"Clair !! I wanna have a battle."
"You read the sign ?" she asked.
"Yep, and I'm ready to rumble !!"
"Alright, follow me."
She walked along the path, and reached a huge door. I was close behind them, keeping my distance from the dragon beast. She hit a button next to the door, and it slid open, revealing a very stylish stadium. She gestured Steven to one side of the stadium, and walked over to the other. A referee stood by the side, and said: "Trainer, what is your name ?"
"Steven" answered Steven.
"Well !" started the referee, "The battle between the challenger Steven and the gym leader of Blackthorn city Clair will now start. Each challenger will use three pokemon. Let the battle commence !!"
The referee rang a bell, and Clair pulled out a pokeball, and threw it to the ground, yelling: "GO FLYGON !!" The pokeball released a green dragon pokemon, with a long tail. "GO ARMALDO !" yelled Steven, releasing his own giant pokemon.
"Dragonbreath !" yelled Clair, as the Flygon blew a purple gas from its mouth.
"Dodge it !!" yelled Steven, as Armaldo skillfully moved to the side. "Now use Hyper Beam !"
The huge bug pokemon charged a beam in front of its face, and fired it towards Flygon, but the dragon's speed was able to dodge the attack, then deliver its own, which impacted directly.
"Armaldo, are you ok ?" asked Steven. The pokemon rose its head and nodded. "Good, now show it what you're made of !"
The pokemon ran towards the Flygon surprisingly fast and delivered a Dynamic Punch, and followed it by a Hyper Beam while the dragon was still distorted, and that was enough to drop it down fainted. Clair looked a bit sad, then recalled her Flygon, and threw another pokeball yelling: "GO Garchomp !!"
"Armaldo !!" yelled Steven, "This pokemon is a lot stronger then Flygon, be careful !". The huge bug pokemon nodded again, and faced Garchomp, a blue dragon standing on two legs. They glared at each other for a moment, then Clair started it off: "Garchomp, Dragon Claw !"
The dragon's hand started to glow as he charged towards Armaldo. He was a bit too slow for Armaldo, who was able to dodge him quickly, and deliver his own Dynamic Punch, causing Garchomp to trip and fall.
Garchomp quickly got up, and fired a Hyper Beam towards Armaldo, and it was a direct hit, throwing Armaldo into the wall, fainted. Steven smiled, he loved the competition. He recalled Armaldo and threw his second pokeball, yelling out: "GO METAGROSS !".
His steel type pokemon was released from its pokeball, and Steven immediately ordered a Flash Cannon, which caught Garchomp off guard and threw him off balance. He quickly got up, and he seemed to be immune in a way or another, to all types of attacks. It was probably his high level, but still, he was quite surprising. Clair shouted out to Garchomp: "Good job Garchomp, its your turn now !! Use a Dragon Fang !"
The Dragon opened its mouth and jumped up high above Metagross, and then dove down towards it. But before he reached him, Metagross withdrew its legs and levitated, and successfully dodged the attack. Both trainers were getting ready to order new attacks when suddenly BOOM !!
The sound was as loud as, well, something I can't really explain. Rocks were falling around everywhere, and me and Steven looked up to see what the source was. The roof had disappeared, and huge chunks of it were still falling around everywhere. We looked around to see if everyone was ok.
Everyone was, except one, Garchomp had been squashed by a boulder, and he lye there dead. Clair looked at him, and tears started to spill. She looked up, and yelled: "I'll kill you, I swear to god I'll ki..".
But before she could finish, Steven yelled: "Look out !!!!".
A bolder had fallen from above Clair, and her fury had blocker her vision. She stood there like a sitting duck. Steven got up, and ran towards her, in a desperate attempt to save her, but he was too late. The boulder had reached Clair, and turned her into a sheet of paper, and blood was spilled all around the rock, and she was no where to be seen. Steven looked around, then realized that she was under the rock.
He looked very disappointed, and decided to finally get some answers.
We both looked up through the roof, only to see a huge Tyranatar looking at us. Steven yelled to Metagross: "Metagross !! Come here !!". The steel pokemon obeyed, and approached it master, levitating. Steven jumped up on to it, and levitated up to the Tyranatar's level, and jumped on to his head, then to the other side where the Iron Masked Murrodor was, landing directly on him. He yelled to Metagross: "Giga Impact now !!".
The Metagross started to glow red, the charged towards Tyranatar at full speed. The Iron Masked Murrodor yelled: "Tyranatar, Hyper Beam". That scared the hell out of me, because I knew that the most powerful Hyper Beam ever, was Tyranatar's. The pokemon charged the attack, and fired it towards the approaching Metagross.
The two attacks collided, and formed an enormous explosion. Before the smoke cleared out, Steven tackled the admin, and sat on him, and started to punch him over and over again. It seemed similar to what had happened with the other admin.
When the explosion cleared out, Steven yelled: "Metagross, Hyper Beam !", but there was no response. He yelled again: "Metagross !!" and turned around. The silence was excruciating, and there lye a horrible seen. Steven's eyes burst in tears, as he looked down to the now unconscious Tyranatar, and the now dead Metagross. I looked at it full of agony. I too had become very attached to it. Steven's rage was unstoppable, and he turned around and faced the admin.
The admin had surprisingly stood up, and withdrawn his weapon. Steven stood there helpless, and I knew it was my turn to help. I threw my pokeball, and released my Swellow, and ordered it to attack the admin. It charge towards him lightly, as to not catch his attention, and it impacted his hand. He dropped his gun, and Steven immediately charged towards him, and knocked him down. He stood up, and took the admin's gun, and pointed it towards his face.
"Any last words ?" he asked.
"You're really gonna kill another administrator of Team Rocket, and have the entire organization on your tail ?" asked the admin.
"Yeah !! I guess so. You see, I will take anything you throw at me !" he said in tears, "and all I want, is to see you die here and now, because you killed my long time partner and friend."
"I did, did I ? Well, do what you have to do !"
"Wait, wait, I wanna enjoy this moment. You killed one person and two pokemon today, and I wanna see you in the last moments of your life."
"What is there to see. I accept my faith."
"So be it" said Steven, and he slowly pulled the trigger until BOOM !! The bullet had carved a hole in the admin's forehead.
These had been the weirdest days in my life. So many deaths, and so many discoveries. Mr. Pokemon works for Team Rocket. Man !! He's dead now !! Clair, the super master of dragons, and Johto's most powerful gym leader, is now dead !! Two civilians killed by Team Rocket right in front of us.
Two Team Rocket admins killed at Steven's hands. Two pokemon killed, one of them being Stevens long life partner. Steven had had Metagross from when he was a Beldum, seven years ago, an entire year before he started training. Also, a Garchomp dead, the third rarest non-legendary pokemon ever. This was too much for me.
Steven turned around, only to see Tyranatar waking up, and standing up. Steven put his hand on his pokeball, but didn't need to use it, as the Tyranatar looked at his trainer, and smiled, then walked away. I guess he enjoyed freedom, especially from such an evil trainer. Steven walked into the gym, and looked at Garchomp, and shed a tear, then walked up to Clair, and looked at her, or more like looked at the rock she was under, and even more tears started to spill.
He finally reached Metagross. The X on its face was almost completely destroyed. Its steel body rusted. It was common for steel pokemon to rust minutes after they died. Steven looked at it, and put his head between his knees, and cried out loud. I shed a few tears after that too, and we sat there for more than an hour, Steven not wanting to leave Metagross behind. Then I offered, since Metagross was not alive anymore, to store his dead body in my MSU, until we found some where to burry him.
He smiled in respect to what I had offered, and accepted it. I took out my MSU, and had just enough space for Metagross. We left there immediately, and had to swim to Blackthorn, because our boat had been destroyed.
When we reached Blackthorn, we walked back to the pokemon center, and on the way, I started: "Steven, I know you're sad and depressed, and I have no idea how you feel."
I actually said that smartly, as to not piss him off, because I know how people feel when you tell them that you know how they feel. I know this from the many, many movies that I watch.
"Yeah, that's true !!" he answered.
"I just want to help you, ok ? You can talk to me."
"I know Ven, I know, but I haven't spent this much time with anyone, since 4 years ago, with this kid, who got killed. Everyone I meet gets killed."
"Trust me, its not your fault."
A few minutes of constellation later, we reached the pokemon center, and got all of our things, and asked for directions to Ice Path, which was a cave. When we got them, we walked there, and Steven looked back at Blackthorn, and shed one more tear. Then we walked into ice path.
As we entered the cave, the first step I took was foolish. I didn't really stop to think that we were in an ice cave, and I just walked and slipped. I stood up with the help of Steven, and took another step, but to my surprise, I didn't stop moving. I had only taken one step, and I was still moving. I looked back, and Steven yelled: "LOOK OUT !!"
I turned my head to look ahead of me, and only saw the glacier in front of me for a split second, then BANG !! It really went black after that, and I started dreaming. One dream about food, another about pokemon, and so on. I felt like it was ten years, which is unusual. People usually feel that the time they sleep passes quickly, but not this time.
Anyways, I woke up about what seemed to be a few years later, but was actually like an hour. I woke up, and saw Steven next to me, lighting a fire. It had gotten dark now, and I said: "Steven ?? Where are we ? What happened to me? How did I get here ?"
"Well" he answered, "You hit some ice and fainted, we're at route 44, and I had Armaldo carry you here.
"Well thanks, and that was very, very stupid of me wasn't it ??"
"Yep !!"
"Thanks !! Now, where do we go ??"
"We follow this path until we reach Mahogany Town !"
We talked a bit after that. It had become our habit to do so before we sleep. Later on, we floated into the world of dreams. The next day, we woke up kinda early. Well at least I did. I had already taken a nap yesterday when I bumped my head. And because I didn't have a watch, or even a clock in my MSU, I woke Steven, unaware that it was still 6:00 AM. We had breakfast, put out the fire, and went on our way.
Anyways, we hadn't been walking for long before we reached a junction point. There were two roads, to the left and right. They were only slightly deviated from the main road, not 90 degrees to either side, so it was hard to tell which road it was.
"What the hell is this, this isn't on the map !!" said Steven.
"It isn't ?" I asked.
"Nope !! Here it only says there's one way. This is very weird !!"
"Yeah it is !! Which way do you think we should go !!"
"No idea !! People usually take the road to the left in these situations, I think we should take the one to the right !!"
"Good call ! I'm with you, lets go."
And so we took the road to the right.
"Do you think we took the right road ??" I asked.
"No idea" answered Steven, "There's no way to tell !! Lets just keep walking until we find out."
And that's exactly what we did. We kept walking until we reached a place where fog had prevailed over normal air. We looked at each other, then looked ahead, then behind us, and the fog was everywhere.
"Uhhmm, I think we took the wrong way !!" I said.
"Thank you mister obvious" Steven said, "I can see that. I think we should go back."
"I'm not waiting here for another second" I said, then I ran back towards the junction point. I only ran for a few seconds before I saw Steven standing right in front of me.
"WHAT ?? How that hell did you get here ??" I yelled.
"What ?? Man how'd you get here ?" asked Steven, "You ran in that direction, how the hell did you get here ?" he said, pointing to the way I ran in.
"No freek'n idea man !! This is so weird !"
He stood there puzzled for a moment, then came up with a conclusion, I think, and he said:
"Wait ! Let me test something." He held a rock from the road, and threw it in the direction I was running before. A few moments later BANG !!. Something hit my head. It was a rock, and specifically the rock Steven threw.
"What the hell happened ?? Who threw a rock at me ?" I yelled.
"Oh !! Now I get it" said Steven, "When you ran that way, you emerged here, when I threw the rock there, it also emerged here, and hit you in the head. Its obvious. We're in a Warp Zone !!"
"What the hell's a Warp Zone ??"
"It's a place on earth where energy accumulates, creating a 'no exit zone' where you walk in one direction, and emerge in another. I guess this one is special, and you can walk freely in one direction, which is the one we were walking in originally !!"
"Really ? How do you figure ??"
"Well if we weren't allowed to walk in both directions, then we're stuck, so I am hoping that's right !!"
"Me too !!"
"Lets keep walking and see where we end up !!"
"Alright !!"
We started walking again in the same direction we had been walking in earlier. And to tell the truth, we lost hope. I mean there was still room for the possibility that there was no way out. And we had been walking for hours, without reaching anything. But we were comforted by the fact that every hour or so, we would see some new landmark, and that meant that the warp wasn't active in both directions, and we were right.
Finally, we saw something from a distance. We ran towards it, only to find that it was a sign, a sign that said: WELCOME TO THE SINJOH RUINS
"What the hell are the Sinjoh ruins ??" I asked.
You might have realized by now that the 'What the hell is … ??' method of questioning is my favorite, as it brings great surprise and suspense to any subject.
"There is no mention of them on the map !" answered Steven, " but I do remember a legend about something called the Sinjoh ruins."
"Really ?? Please do tell !!"
"Well, there's a legend that says of a great pokemon, a species actually, a legendary species. It's one of the only legendary pokemon that is not limited to almost two of them. This pokemon is so unknown, that scientists call it Unown. They live in a number of ruins around the world. The Ruins of Alpha next to Violet City, the Sinjoh Ruins here, or at least I think so, the Tanoby Ruins in the Sevi Islands, and the Solaceon Ruins in Hoenn. So if the legend is true, and this is the Sinjoh Ruins, then I am really excite, because I have the chance to catch another legendary pokemon."
"Another ??"
"I meant 'a' legendary pokemon."
"If you say so !"
Steven looked away, and punched himself. I knew he was holding something from me, but I was in no position to ask. We decided to go in, and we did so carefully.
We walked in slowly, and treaded in between the many rocks and boulders. We occasionally scared off a flock of birds taking shelter in a nearby tree, or behind a rock. Even though there was a sign for this place, it was not inhabited at all. There wasn't even a soul with us, or perhaps there was. We would soon find out what was lurking within.
"Where is everyone ??" asked Steven.
"Hmm, well I guess they were here" I answered, "but there's something that drove them away. I hope we don't have to find out what that is !!"
"I hear that !!"
We took only a few more steps and then suddenly, Stevens legs flew back, and he fell face first to the ground. I was stunned by what had happened. It was as if something invisible had attacked him.
"ARGGGHH !!!" He screamed, "DAMN IT !!! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT ?? GOD DAMN IT !! IT BURNS !!"
We both looked at his knee together, and it was wide open, as if he had taken a bullet from a HUGE gun.
"What the hell happened ??" I asked.
"NO FREEK"N IDEA !! DAMN IT !! THIS HURTS SO MUCH !!" he replied, yelling at his highest.
I looked around to see what had caused this, then I saw a quick flash. A moment later, BOOM !! I took a direct hit to my ankle. I had no idea what it was, or where it came from, but it made no sound at all.
"AHHH !! WHAT THE HELL !! Damn it, it hurts !!"
By now I was down at the ground, flipping around from the pain. I looked at Steven, and he had fainted, and the same was happening to me. My sight was getting blurry, and I saw something emerging from behind a boulder a long way off. It was too blurry for me to see what it was, but when it came closer, I could see that it was a person in black, holding a huge sniper rifle, with what appeared to be a silencer at its tip. That explained there being no sound at all when we were shot.
The person bent down to my level, looked at me, then I fainted.
I woke up later on, my sight and senses so blurry, that I could barely feel the pain from being shot but it was obvious that I was being dragged, with Steven tied to me. Then I went out again, and woke up moments later, my back leaning on a wall, and Steven still fainted in front of me.
Unfortunately, I could fell the pain again now, and it was excruciating. I could see the figure way off at the end of the hall. Whoever it was looked at me, then stood up, and walked towards me.
This time, it had a different outfit on, and when I got my vision back, I could see that it was a female !! I was very surprised. She walked up to me, and looked down. Then she stood up and walked to a near by hook where there was a jacket. She picked it up, and put it on. It was a black jacket, the one she had on earlier, and it had an 'R' on it.
The only thing reasonable to think about now was ' SERIOUSLY ?? More team rocket agents ?'. And that's exactly what I was thinking. She looked at me again, and walked back down the corridor into a room and closed the door.
By now, I had gained full consciousness, and I stood up slowly and moved towards Steven. I tried to wake him, punching him here and there, pinching him, and saying: "Steven, Steve, wake up man !! Wake up".
At this, he opened his eyes slowly, and said: "Ven ?? Wh-where are we ??"
"I have no idea !!"
"What happened ?"
"Some guy, correction, some girl shot us."
"What ?? I knew something funny happened !!"
"Yeah well you want some better news. She's Team Rocket man. They're back at us. I have no idea how they keep finding us, but we need to get the hell out of here !"
"Yeah you're right." I guess by now Steven felt the pain again too, because he screamed: "AGGH DAMN IT !! I forgot I was shot !"
He attempted to stand, and he kind of succeeded, but only kind of. He was limping, and he walked over to the corridor, and I told him: "Steven, she's in that room" I pointed to the room she was in, and he stood behind its door. The I needed to make some distraction. I found a rock by the wall, and picked it up, and picked up my bag and Steven's, then threw the rock on a wooden board, making a loud sound.
The door burst open, and the girl ran out, and looked at me. I smiled, because I could see Steven behind her, then he hit her with his elbow in the back of her head. She fell, but she was still conscious. Steven limped back to me, and helped me up.
Even though we had no idea what the hell was going on, we knew for a fact that it was Team Rocket related, so we had to get away. We both limped over to a door by the side of the room, and opened it and fell threw. The rocket girl was still on our tail.
We shut the door behind us, and tried to get our energy back. There were two ways out of this room, the rocket girl was blocking one, so we decided to take the other. We opened that door, and ran through. We ran down the now appearing corridor, and there was a quick left and right turn.
We took the left one, because the right one obviously led to the rocket girl. We ran as fast as we could, and then she emerged in front of us. We were really surprised. There must have been an exit we missed. Anyways, Steven punched her in the face, and we ran over her body. We kept running until we saw a floor panel, which opened vertically. Steven bent down and attempted to pull it, but he was weak from the shot and the running, and he wasn't able to.
"Ven !! Help me !!" he said.
"Alright !!" I answered, running towards him and trying to pull it open, but we failed together. Steven stopped to think for a moment, then asked me for his bag. I was carrying both bags, and I gave him his. He closed his eyes wishing to find his pokeballs, and luckily, he did, but he was too late. The rocket girl had reached us.
She had short blonde hair, and a very, very beautiful face, but she seemed to be a bit young for a team rocket agent.
"Stop right there !!" she said.
"Who're you ??" asked Steven.
"I'm a team rocket Admin, but you know that !!"
"Uhhmm, no we don't" I said, "I was just thinking that you were too young to be team rocket agent, let alone admin !!"
"Well you'd better believe it. I am a Team Rocket SO Admin. They call me 009, or the Black Tulip. I am the highest ranking SO Admin in Team Rocket. I report directly to Giovanni."
"Giovanni no longer leads Team Rocket, you can't fool us with that" I said, acting like a smart ***.
"Think again !!" she said, "Giovanni has been leading team rocket through me all this time. He would never abandon us !!"
Me and Steven looked at each other, then I said: "Or you just want people to believe so !!"
"Well you think whatever you want but I.."
Right then, Steven threw a rock that he had picked up, right into her face, she was distorted for moment, then Steven threw a pokeball, and released Armaldo.
"Armaldo !! Open the hatch !!" yelled Steven !!
The huge pokemon obeyed, and burst open the hatch with one hand. Me and Steven both looked at it relieved, and we jumped in together, before the rocket girl had the time to get up.
"No idea" I replied, "but it looks like the sewers. There's water over there, and its, well, a cave !! Ok I guess we're not in the sewers."
"Yep, looks so !"
We looked around, and found our selves in a cave, there was only a little land on which we stood, and a river. Right next to the river was a boat, a speedboat to be exact, and it was tied to a rock.
"Well, I think we should take the boat, and we should take it NOW !! Before she wakes up !!" said Steven.
"Yeah !!" I agreed, then we ran to the boat. I jumped over to it as Steven untied it. Moments later, Steven had been able to decrypt the highly complex tie, and he jumped over too. I pulled on the handle, and the engine started.
"GO !! GO !!" yelled Steven, and I did just that. I pressed on the pedal, and we charged forward. Steven looked back to see if someone had followed us, and there was. 009 had jumped down too, and she threw a pokeball. Steven didn't want, nor have time to see what the pokemon was, he turned around and yelled: "VEN !! SHE'S AFTER US !! STEP ON IT !!!".
The sound of the motor and water was loud, and we had to scream to communicate. We heard a roar from behind, and I went as fast as I could. We weren't going to look back. It was too terrifying.
"Stop now !! You have no where to run !!" came a voice from way, way behind.
"Damn it, she's getting closer !!" yelled Steven.
Now we reached a sharp turn, and I wasn't sure we could make it. I turned the steering wheel as much as I could, but it was too much. We turned sharply before the actual bend, and almost hit a wall. I quickly forced the steering wheel in the opposite direction, and we lost balance. The boat was out of my control. The cave was wide, so we didn't hit anything yet. I quickly jumped backwards and turned the lever on the engine, decreasing the pump of gas.
The boat slowed down, and I quickly jumped over to the front, and turned the steering wheel again, and I was able to save us. I realized that Steven was present, and I thought I would take advantage of that, so I yelled: "Steven !! Turn the gas lever to the maximum !!".
He did so, and I could feel the boat burst in speed under us. I felt relieved that we were moving fast, but then, something happened. A beam fired from behind us, and it hit the cave roof above. BOOM !! Rocks started to fall everywhere, and I did my best to dodge them, but I failed to dodge one. It fell on the tail of the boat. It was small, yet had a huge effect. It blasted a hole next to the motor, and thank god it stayed attached.
"VEN !! CAN YOU GO ANY FASTER ??" Steven yelled.
"NO !!" I yelled back.
I was saying the truth. The gas lever was set to the max, and the pedal was almost gonna beak under my foot. I think I can say that I was past the point where you still think that there's any hope. Ahead was another slight turn, and I took it as gently as I could., and there it was. Ahead was a blinding light. It was an exit !! We were relieved to know we were getting out. A few moments later, we reached the cave door, and emerged into huge a lake.
"Where are we ??" I asked.
"Uhhmm, well, I can't really tell, but the only lake in the vicinity of Mahogany Town is the Lake of Rage, so I guess that's where we are. This lake is known for the Gyarados that live in it, but I'm still not sure." Steven replied.
"Believe me, this is the Lake of Rage !!"
"How did you come up with that conclusion ??"
"Look there !!" I said, pointing to the side of the lake. Steven looked too, and we saw two Gyarados fighting. Strangely, one of them was red. We didn't pay this fact too much attention, because just then, 009 emerged from the cave behind us, riding on a huge blue dragon. It was a Salamence. She was closing in, and Steven pointed to the dock on the east end of the lake.
"Get us there now Ven !!" he yelled.
"Alright !!" I replied, spinning the steering wheel and heading for the dock. We got there quickly, and 009 had become less then 10 feet away. We had no time to slow down, so we impacted the dock at full speed, which threw us off the boat, and we landed into the bushes on the near by land.
We stood up, and 009 landed next to us.
"I'm sorry, but you have to die, those are the rules." she said.
"Oh well." said Steven.
She removed her gun, and swiftly aimed it at us, and fired. I ducked behind the bushes, and yelled: "STEVEN !! GET TO COVER !!"
"NO !!" yelled Steven, "Its time to end this !!" he stood up confidently, and faced 009. He put his hand to his waist, and slightly raised the jacket of his suite, revealing for the first time, a master ball. He removed it from his belt, and looked at it. Right then, a look shadowed onto his face.
He was obviously distorted, angry, and confused, not knowing whether it was right to use the ball or not, but then he decided that he had to, and looked back at me, then back at 009, and threw his master ball, yelling: "GO REGISTEEL !!". The ball fell to the ground, and opened revealing a steel golem pokemon, a legendary.
" 'A' legendary eh ??" I said to myself, remembering the conversation we had just before entering the Sinjoh Ruins, "A Registeel ?? I knew something wasn't right !!"
"Registeel !!" started Steven, "Super Power !!"
The pokemon started to glow, and rocks and chunks of ground started to rise into the air. Then all of a sudden, the golem pushed its hands forward, and a pulse fired along with all the chunks and rocks. It hit 009 and her Salamence directly. Salamence fainted, and 009 was thrown back into the water.
I looked at Steven and smiled, then I approached him.
"Hmm, you have a Registeel then ?? I thought you said you wanted to catch 'a' legendary." I said.
"I did, doesn't catching a legendary count as catching 'a' legendary ?" he replied.
"Anyways, I'm happy we got out."
Steven recalled his Registeel, and before we could celebrate, 009 jumped out of the water. She pointed her gun at us, and as Steven and I ducked for cover, she fired. I quickly jumped ahead at her, and the second she reached land, I tackled her, and her gun fell. I threw a rock into her face, and made sure that she wouldn't get up for the mean time.
I turned around, and said: "Steven !! Lets go man, before she wakes up !!"
There was no answer. I said again: "Steven ??"
I walked a little only to see his shoes behind the bush he had taken cover behind. I walked up smiling, and said: "Hey Steve, what the hell's wrong with you ??"
Again there was no answer. I walked up and saw him lying on his shoulder. I walked closer, and shook him while saying: "Steeeeeveeeeeen !!".
I turned him around in an attempt to wake him. At that moment, I felt anger and sadness burst trough my body. I lost all feelings of beauty, and I burst into tears.
There Steven lye, a hole in the middle of his forehead. A bullet hole. This was the last thing I had expected to happen. This was not what I wanted. This, in one way or another, was going to change my life. Steven was dead !!
I kneeled down, and put my head on his chest. I had only known him for a few days, but what we had been through together made us brothers, and best friends. We would both sacrifice ourselves for each other, and losing him, was losing myself. My soul and mind wondered off into oblivion. I felt like there was nothing to live for, no reason for me to be anymore.
I couldn't take it. Perhaps it wasn't only friendship, perhaps it was also the fact that I couldn't possibly go on without him, or perhaps it was that we were, or had become, soul mates.
I stood up, not being able to withstand the sight of his dead body anymore, and walked away. I walked for ten seconds, then stopped. How could I leave him there ?? I offered to take Metagross along when it died, but I was ready to leave Steven behind ?? This didn't make any sense, and I knew I wouldn't be able to move on if this was my last act towards him.
I turned around, and walked back to him. I kneeled again, probably in the illusion of respect, the respect I used to have for him. I wanted to put him in my MSU, I wanted it so bad, but I knew it was wrong. I knew that the only right thing to do, was to burry him.
But then I thought about his pokemon. What could I do. Leave them there. I couldn't do that. They would die. How about giving them up. No way. The thing that meant most to him, gone !! I knew that there was only one thing to do, even though I didn't like it. I knew that I had to take them with me. So I got to work.
I took away his pokeballs, and called out all his pokemon. They stood there, above his body. This was the first they had heard of his death. Some of them cried, others who couldn't do that, because of their steel typing, put their hands on him and closed their eyes.
Armaldo wanted to help with the work, as he watched me digging, so he moved me aside slowly, and with one quick scoop, removed a big chunk of ground, making a huge grave. I bent down to him, and said: "Steven !! I, I can't believe you of all people, are dead !! I, I thought of you as a brother, as a mentor and as a best friend. I promise you, your death will not be in vain. I will do all that is in my power to get to the bottom of this, and avenge you."
At that, Armaldo carried him, and put him in. I knew that Steven would want to be with his life long partner, so I took out my MSU, and released the dead Metagross next to him. Armaldo helped out again, and buried them. I looked at Steven's pokemon, he had a Cradily, which was ancient, an Armaldo, another ancient pokemon, a Scarmory, which was a steel bird, Registeel, a legendary, and Aggron, one of the most powerful pokemon of Hoenn.
I looked at them, and said: "Guys, I know that you're grieving for your loss. I am too. Steven was as much a brother to me as he was a master to you. I know that you don't want to leave him here, but you have to move on. I think that I am the only person that knew Steven enough to call him a friend. So, you have two ways to proceed. You can stay here, or come with me !".
All of the pokemon took a few steps towards me, making it clear that they wanted to go with me. I wanted to smile, but it wasn't appropriate at all.
After that, I recalled all of the pokemon, and walked over to the now unconscious 009. I wanted to kill her so bad. I wanted to end her life like she had Steven's. I wanted it, but I knew there was no real reason, other then revenge. Fortunately, that was enough for me. I knew she posed no threat right now, but in my angry state of mind, I was able to convince myself otherwise. I picked up her pistol, and did the worst thing imaginable.
I didn't kill her !! Not yet at least. I wanted to kill her, but I wanted to do it to her face. I sat around for over an hour, and when she showed signs of waking up, I pointed the gun to her chest. When she was fully awake, I said: "I thee end your life, as you ended that of many. I hereby relieve your soul of its duty."
Right then, her eyes flew wide open, and I pulled the trigger faster then I thought I could. Surprisingly, yet reasonably, I didn't just shoot once, I emptied all that was left in the gun's mag into her chest.
For a moment, I felt angry, and then at another, I felt happy. Finally, I settled at one feeling, and that was satisfaction.
I had done what had to be done, in my mind at least, and I walked away, swearing to end Team Rocket, and bring death to all those who support it.
