The Trio of Titanic Trouble
By Scorpion Razor
(Note: This story takes place in the same world but does not feature
characters from any anime, manga, or game in the Pokemon series. If any
characters have the same name, it is a pure coincidence!)
Chapter 1: Black Gold and White Pokemon
Location: Oceanic Oil Field, Hoenn Shoreline
The oil rigs stood in their massive concrete fixtures, pumping their precious petroleum out of the seafloor. Workers swarmed over the fixtures and engineers monitored the output of the rigs. Overhead, a large helicopter flew carrying a group of people.
One of them was in a suit stroking an Igglybuff with one hand while he motioned to the rigs with the other. This was Alexi Kuststad, the CEO of Hoenn Petroleum Products. The other occupants of the helicopter were potential investors being given a tour of the field.
"So as you know, this field off the shore of Hoenn near Slateport produces 93 of the entire world's oil and has 70 of the proven world reserves."
"Mr. Kuststad, how many barrels are beneath that field?" asked an interviewer traveling on tour.
"Oh, only about 500 billion."
"And has HPP ever run into any problems drilling in this region?"
"Of course. What region hasn't has any problems? We have had terrorist attacks from Team Aqua, problems with Grimers being pulled out of drills, and storms demolishing our rigs. That little freak deluge a few years ago with Kyogre smashed us up real good. Took a long time to get back to peak production, but we're there. And we're planning to keep supply up! The world is a hungry monster."
"Mr. Kuststad, is it true you have prohibited oil exploration for fear of disturbing your monopoly over the energy industry?"
"No, we simply can't find any oil!" he said with a laugh.
"What about that discovery in Johto, by Mount Mortar?"
"That was an error."
"What about security? We have been seeing a huge rise in eco-terrorism against mining operations like this one."
"I have taken the liberty of hiring both armed forces and Pokemon trainers to guard these rigs. You can see one of them now!"
Sure enough in the ocean below was a group of two Wailords with several men riding on them. Two young Pokemon trainers sat on their heads guiding the reins while mercenaries with rifles sat on their backs scanning for targets. "These are well-trained and powerful Pokemon and soldiers that have already dealt massive blows against so-called defenders of nature! We also have conventional patrol boats and a huge fleet of helicopters and light planes, enough to withstand any number of ecoterrorists!"
The helicopter flew on its way back to Slateport, with Alexi not knowing just how dangerous these ecoterrorists were….
Far below in a seafloor cavern, the same one that housed Kyogre in the battle several years earlier, a group of people gathered to witness an event. They were all dressed in ragged clothes and carried weapons. One of them, a young and very pale and skinny woman took the stage and called for silence.
"Greetings, Defenders of Nature!"
"Greetings, Prophetess Laleh!"
"I have received another vision last night from Mother Nature. It showed three Pokemon that can help us defeat the evil towers that suck the blood of the world like vampires. I saw their exact names. They are Regirock, Regice, and Registeel."
"We need to simply release these and they will take out their frustration on the towers. The pathetic humans can do nothing, and we will wait in this sacred cave while the scourge of Technology falls by their rampage. I have seen all of this, and all we need to do is get to this cavern and break the seal!"
"What do mean, get to this cavern? Don't we have to find it first?"
"Hah-hah-hah-hah! It is near Pacifidlog, the only city that lives in harmony with Nature. But what we need to do is get there. We leave tomorrow…"