I don't own Pokemon, who does on this site?
It is a shame to think that my story should be so tragic, yet so common that the world should be disillusioned to my tale. A tale of pain, of loss, and especially of the most tragic and easily overlooked- the guilt of those left behind.
On the Cerulean Cape -1986
The night was like any other on the Cerulean Cape for the small family that lived there. Balmy and temperate, with the sound of the waves sloshing against seacaves and white sandy beaches surrounding the modest cottage on the cove. It was the perfect place for relaxation and family matters, yet you also couldn't miss all the young trainers waltzing around because of the Water Pokemon Gym in the city. Ed pondered this ironic peace with a dour disposition as he remembered his mission in Cerulean and the reason why he moved his daughter and himself to the cape and out of the city in the first place. Ed walked up the stairs to his daughters' bedroom where she was sitting on her bed reading. His eyes misted as he looked upon her, all he had left after his wife and sons' murder.
Mere weeks ago, Ed his wife Mary and their two children were at the Cerulean park about an hour before dusk and were walking home. There were no other families around, just few people by themselves but they were walking away from them. The scene was an average one for the Cerulean parks- or so they thought.
"Darling shouldn't we have left earlier? I must admit I'm getting alittle worried." Mary said
"Don't worry dear." Ed said " It's only two blocks away, we can leave now and not even be in full darkness." She smiled and called Jason and Natalie to leave when a man in a dark hooded shirt and pants with a small red 'R' shaped pendant on his chest came up and pulled a gun on Mary.
"Well that's the great thing about twilight, it still is dark enough to offer camoflauge against witnesses." the man smirked and pointed the weapon at Mary, Jason and Natalie who were standing side by side. Ed's eyes hardened as he reached for his wallet and caught a look at the man. He had dirty blond hair that was long enough to flow from under the hood in front of his eyes. Ed looked at what he could see of the man's face and saw that his chin and jaw were very narrow. At this point the man grew violent and hit Mary across the face with the handle of his pistol. Mary and Natalie screamed and Jason roared as blood flew from her mouth and Ed completely snapped. Ed threw himself at the man who then pulled the gun in front of Ed's face. Natalie had been staring at the scene and at the man with wide, horrified eyes. Before he could finish pulling the trigger however, Mary jumped up in front of Ed and the man pulled the trigger at the same instant. Natalie and Jason screamed and Ed froze and stared as the bullet went in her head and she quickly dropped forward as a pool of blood began forming. Jason ran toward her and flung himself on her and the man lifted his gun as Ed screamed "NOOO!" and shot Jason just before he could touch the body of his mother. Natalie was now staring between her mother and brother on the ground and the man holding a smoking gun. The man with the dirty blond hair was staring at Mary and Jason's bodies, then he looked at Natalie staring between him and her family and said "It appears that twilight isn't so safe after all." Ed screamed in rage and ran at him but then Natalie yelled "NO DADDY!" and the man shot and mercifully missed as Ed jumped to the side. He then ran in the opposite direction despite Ed's screaming "COWARD!" as he scrambled after him, but then faltered and went to hug his daughter. The vivid memory faded as he walked past Natalie's room to ponder the situation with Rockets and maybe get an hour of sleep in his room. This reminiscing of that horrific night yanked him back to his recent assignment, and how he willingly volenteered to eradictae the Rockets in Cerulean. Well maybe his superior didn't tell him to eradicate them, but...Ed mused, he would just say they attacked him, its not like the Rockets would get any sympathy in the courts anyway. Ed thought about the rumor that the Rockets were holed up in an abandoned warehouse near the river across from the seacave, yes he would take the brigade into the warehouse and blow them to smitherines. Ed grinned malisciously at the thought-revenge. But, Ed knew that in the current environment the Rockets would come back, Cerulean was ideal for even simpleton grunts to run amok.
The Gym Leader was known to be young woman of great beauty and style regarding both fashion and Pokemon tactics. However in the recent months she was very distracted due to having her fourth daughter. Knowing this many young inexperienced trainers flooded the area expecting to overwhelm the leader in this stressful time and flich an easy badge. This fact and the allure of tourism to the beautiful beach area were the two main reasons that Team Rocket wanted to set up shop in the area. It was a calculated move on the Rockets part, the trainers in the area were inexperienced and couldn't stand up to dozens of grunts at a time, the Gym leader wasn't really a rallying type and her own mothering instincts might kick in if the Rockets got violent again, she might flee-not that Ed blamed her- and the tourists would provide surplus buisness for smuggling and Pokemon poaching- knowningly or not.
Ed made his decision as he walked past the hall when Natalie settled down after finishing reading, he would destroy these Rockets so that his and every other family in Cerulean would be safe! Ed reflected on the Rocket situation and the fact that the citizens and even the police force were oblivious to these facts, but fortunately Ed was of a vigilant tempermant.
His vigilance was both the start of a decade-long battle to keep Cerulean free, the dusk of the lives of a Mother, Brother, and Father and the dawn of a fighter.