Alright guys I'm back with some new inspiration, which means a brand new story. And I have a feeling that this one is going to be a good one. Just so you guys know from the start I will be having help righting this story, it will be my first co-op. So will see how this turns out.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon and never will so quit asking me that.
It was like six in the morning when the brunette teen woke up with a grunt and rolled out of bed. He got up off the floor and walked over to his closet and picked out the clothes he was going to wear for the day, which consisted of a blue tee-shirt and a pair of white shorts. He walked back over to his dresser and picked up his cell phone to check the time.
"Wow, its only 6:00. I guess it's pretty safe to say that I didn't over sleep this time." He said to himself with a chuckle.
"Sweetie, I think you should get up now or you'll be late again," called his mother from the bottom of the stairs.
"I'm one step ahead of you this time Mom," replied the teen.
The boy walked down the stairs to an already set table with what he could only assume was breakfast sitting on a plate.
"Umm, Mom what is this." The boy asked picking up the black round disks.
"Those are pancakes silly." His mother replied.
"Right well, I think I'll be skipping breakfast this morning then."
His mother sighs, "A mother can try right."
The boy smiles up at his mother, "You got that right Mom. Nobody tries harder than you do."
At that very moment the boys cell phone buzzes and when he looks at it he find a text message from his best friend Dale.
Hey man, meet me at Lake Verity ASAP.
"Well this cant be good," said the teen putting his phone back in his pocket.
"What's wrong honey?" his mother asked him
"I don't know. But what I do know is that I have to get going. Who knows what kind of trouble Dale has gotten into this time."
"Good luck Garrett. Oh yeah and your pokeballs are on the couch."
Garrett turns around and starts to walk backwards "Thanks Mom." He grabs his pokeballs and puts them on his belt. And with that he sprints out of the house and all the way up to Lake Verity. Upon reaching the lake shore he stops and looks around but can't find any trace of his best friend.
"He should be here and the way he sounded on that message he seemed pretty urgent." Garrett looks around some more but this time he notices something strange about the surrounding area. "This is weird." He looks and finds that there has been a huge path cut through the forest surrounding the lake with several wild Pokémon on the ground dead. Garrett's eyes widen but then they narrow in fury "Now I know what Dale was talking about somebody is trying to destroy the lake. I better put a stop to this, but first I have to find Dale. He might be in some serious trouble." Garrett dashes straight down the path.
Meanwhile deeper into the forest is another brunette teen and he seems to running away from something or someone rather. The boy was wearing black shorts and a green hoodie. The man that was chasing him was wearing a blue bandanna on his head and a blue and white striped shirt with blue sailor pants.
"Hey dude," the boy looked over his shoulder with a glare. "Do you mind not chasing me through the forest I kind of have a life to get back to un-like you." the boy taunted coming to a stop and turning around to face him.
"You know exactly what you did so don't even try to play innocent with me kid." The man growled back.
The boy gives a bored expression. "Look we've already been over this. I was just coming to the lake to train my Pokémon some. I didn't even consider interrupting your little live action role play gang, or whatever you call a bunch of weirdoes who all dress the same these days."
"Alright kid I've had just about enough of you so I'll cut you a deal."
"And that's another thing. Stop calling me kid! My name is Dale. Learn it and remember it well, or were going to have some issues later." The boy replied with a smirk.
"That's it!" the man screamed. Dale merely looked amused at this though. "You have insulted Team Aqua for the last time prepare for a beating." The man said pulling out a poke ball.
Dale's smirk grew wider "A battle huh. All you had to do was ask instead of chasing me through this stupid forest. You do realize that it looked like you were trying to rape me back there."
"You seem to have a lot of confidence that you can actually beat me." The grunt said.
"And you seem to be pretty stupid to have challenged me in the first place." Dale shot back.
"Alright fine then. If I win our little battle then you must leave this area and never return do you understand me." The grunt said.
"Yeah yeah yeah." Came Dale reply.
"Alright then." the grunt throws his pokeball into the air and shouts, "Golbat Go!"
Dale sweatdrops, "Oh great I might be in some trouble."
The grunt smirks triumphantly, "Well in that case you could always surrender and save yourself the humiliation."
"But then again," Dale quickly tosses out a poke ball and his Sharpedo appears before him. "I might just have everything under control."
The grunt glares, "Alright kid lets battle." The grunt starts to laugh at Dale's twisted face but then he explodes.
"Stop calling me kid! Sharpedo use aqua jet."
The grunt stops laughing, "Quick Golbat use air cutter to counter that." The water around Sharpedo's body is quickly dispersed by the air cutter.
Dale smirks, "Alright then Sharpedo use that momentum and slam Golbat with a crunch attack." Dale puts his fist out. The attack was successful and Golbat is now constrained under Sharpedo's mighty jaws.
"Fine if you want to play that way we'll just use poison fang." Returned the grunt. Golbat is easily able to bite into Sharpedo's rough skin causing damage to it.
"Got you," says Dale smirking "Finish this with ice fang Sharpedo." The attack hits directly causing Golbat to faint on impact. The grunt returns his Pokémon with a sad expression on his face. "I can't believe you just beat me," The grunt said quietly but Dale heard him.
Dale shrugs his shoulders, "What can I say, I've had some practice."
The grunt then sends him a glare, "Mark my words kid you will be avenged for interfering with Team Aqua's plan." After saying that the grunt merely walks away farther into the forest
Dale blinks a few times then says to himself, "Who was that guy and just who is Team Aqua." Dale looks around and finds that there are a lot of trees that have been knocked down due to being dug out of the ground. "Well whoever this Team Aqua group is their causing some serious damage to the surrounding area. I better get to the bottom of things. I wonder if Garrett got my message because when he gets here he's in for one wild ride." Dale bolts off in the direction that the grunt walked away in earlier. A few moments later in that exact same spot Garrett appears and takes a look around.
"Oh man not here too. This is horrible who could possibly gain anything from destroying Lake Verity." That's when Garrett got the bright idea. "Well if bad people are trying to destroy this place then I'm going to fight to save it." Garrett quietly releases his Swampert and they begin to water some of the plants. That was when another Team Aqua grunt comes up to Garrett looking for trouble
"What do we have here a protester?" the grunt asked in an attempted menacing voice.
"Garrett turns around to look at the guy and resisted the urge to laugh his heart out, so instead he just smirks.
"Perhaps we do. So are you the guy responsible for destroying the lake."
"Destroying the lake?" the grunt asks. "Nah we're actually here looking for something. Destroying the lake is just an added bonus." This doesn't settle well with Garrett but then he realizes.
"Wait we're? Who else is working with you then?" Garrett demands rather than asks.
"I work with an organization known as Team Aqua and our overall goal is to expand the sea to make it larger."
Garrett's eyes widen, "Expand the sea, that can't be good."
"I don't really care if you support us or not," the grunt explained. "But you are in the way of our motives and I won't stand for it." The grunt quickly releases a Golbat.
Garrett's eyes narrow "What are you trying to pull."
"I'm afraid you won't even live to see for yourself. Golbat get him." The grunt points at Garrett and Golbat dive-bombs towards him.
"Quick Swampert use protect." Swampert is easily able to defend against Golbat's onslaught. "Swampert use surf on that Golbat." Swampert sends a huge wave of water towards Golbat.
"Golbat fly up into the air to dodge." Golbat flies up and over the water. "Now Golbat use fly on Swampert."
"Counter that with hammer arm." Garrett quickly responded. Swampert easily slams his arm into Golbat knocking him into a tree. "Now then Swampert lets finish this with hydro pump." Swampert shoots a large blast of water straight for Golbat and the attack Kos him instantly. The grunt just stands there quietly and returns his defeated pokemon.
"Well it looks like I have underestimated you."
"It would appear so." Garrett replied back never taking his eyes off of his opponent.
"I'll leave you with this advice." The grunt started to say "You can protect this lake all you want, but if you're not careful then you will meet the same fate as your friend." After having said that the grunt takes off into the forest leaving Garrett just standing there to ponder on some things.
"These Team Aqua guys I don't like what their trying to do here." Garrett returns his Swampert. "And what did that guy mean when he said the same fate as my friend." Garrett's eyes widen with realization. "Oh no he must have been talking about Dale. I better get a move on or else he could be in trouble again." Garrett takes off into the forest looking for Dale again but before doing so he quickly sends a message to another one of his most trusted friends. A blue haired teenage girl that has been neighbors with him and Dale for as long as he can remember.
The setting changes once again only this time to Dawn's house as she is just finishing up eating her breakfast when she hears her cell phone buzz. Getting up from the table she walks over to her phone and smiles upon seeing who it is. She flips open her phone and reads the message to herself.
Hey Dawn, we got big trouble over at Lake Verity and I'm going to need your help.
P.S. Make sure you bring Togekiss with you
Dawn gasps silently but then she wonders, "What could be going on over there. Garrett usually doesn't get too concerned with these things so this must be serious." Then Dawn's mother Johanna walks into the room.
"Is everything ok Dawn you look a little bit flustered."
"Yeah everything is ok mom. I was just getting ready to go out to the lake to train my pokemon some." Replied Dawn calmly
"Ok if you say so sweetie. Just be careful." Dawn runs out the door yelling back
"I will mom no need to worry." Johanna sweatdrops.
"That's when I worry the most." Outside the house Dawn releases her Togekiss and flies over the forest of Lake Verity looking for her two friends. Meanwhile in a cell inside of a mysterious building we find Dale as he slowly awakens and rubs his head muttering something under his breath
"Oh man what happened." Dale looks around then come to the conclusion "Ok this is just great. I'm obviously trapped in a cell of some sort, but how did I end up here." Dale then sees one of the Aqua grunts walk up to the bars and everything comes back to him.
"Hey kid I guess you finally came to huh." The grunt taunts. Dale growls.
"Listen here sailor stupid I think it's pretty cheap of you to just hit me from behind and then lock me up in this pathetic cell."
"What can I say you were just a brick wall to me and I had to get around you someway?"
"Wait second your that same guy I fought earlier in the forest."
"Oh how correct you are. And with that I bid you a fair farewell." Then the grunt walks away and Dale punches the bars but to no avail they won't give way
"You could have at least left a mint under my pillow." Dale shouts down the hallway.
Meanwhile Garrett comes running through the forest until finding a large laboratory like building with several A's painted on the walls. He comes to a stop and decides to hide in the bushes nearby. "Ok some it seems I have found these guys' hiding place. And I would hesitate to bet that I can find Dale in there as well." He takes a quick look around at his surroundings and notices a ladder against the wall of the building.
"These Team Aqua guys aren't really all that smart." Garrett says to himself and he silently climbs up the ladder to the top of the building and releases hid Drapion.
"Alright Drapion use your claws to cut a circle in the ceiling here." Drapion does as told and creates a small opening in the roof just big enough for him and Garrett to fit through. Garrett jumps down inside the building and lands in front of the cell that contains his best friend. Dale shakes his head and looks up at the hole.
"Nice of you to drop by." Dale says with a hint of sarcasm in his voice. Garrett quickly opens up the cell and Dale comes tumbling out falling flat on his face.
"Get up we have work to do." Dale gets up and looks down the hallway.
"Utoh sounds like we have some company coming this way." Garrett quickly comes up with a plan.
"I'll hold these guys off use Flygon to break us a way outta here." Dale lets out a frustrated sigh
"I can't they took my pokemon when they attacked me in the forest earlier."
"Alright fine then. Drapion quickly use sludge bomb down the hallway." The sludge bomb explodes causing toxic poison to fill the air. Garrett looks back at Dale, "Alright that's our clue let's get going." Dale merely nods. The two teens as quickly as they can find a room that strikes Dale as odd.
"Whoa hold up a minute Gar."
"What is it Dale."
"This door, so far it's the only one that hasn't been locked so there has to be something on the other side that has importance." Garrett scratches head in thought
"Well I guess there's only one way to find out." The two boys walk into the room slowly and find a bunch of poke balls sitting on top of a pedestal.
"Looks like we found your pokemon buddy," said Garrett pointing in their direction.
"Yup that was easy." Said Dale going over to the poke balls
"That was too easy I'm not buying this." Dale looks over at Garrett and Drapion and raises an eyebrow.
"What could happen," Dale waves his hands in the air
"No Dale wait." Garrett tries to protest but it's too late. Dale reaches out for his pokemon and the moment he touches them and alarm goes off and red lights start to flash around. Garrett and Dale search around vigorously but to no avail they can't find another way out of the room so instead they find themselves up against the far wall with tons of Team Aqua grunts filling in the room each of them with a Golbat behind him. Dale turns and whispers to Garrett.
"I don't think those were my poke balls."
"No, they were but these guys were expecting us to take them back so they put an alarm on them."
"In other words we walked right into a trap."
"That's putting it bluntly."
"Don't make any sudden movements or we'll kill both of you." The commanding grunt demanded. The grunts start to move closer as Garrett runs through a few ideas in his head. He is brought back to earth when Dale franticly whispers to him
"Umm, now would be good time to kick the butts of these annoying grunts." Garrett shakes his head
"Wishful thinking Dale, but Drapion can't handle all of these guys."
"Great now were both dead," sighs Dale. Garrett notices something strange about the room and narrows his eyes.
"Maybe not." Garrett quick as a wit grabs Drapions poke ball and tosses it at the mob of grunts. The grunts acting quickly, move out of the way of the red and white projectile.
"Looks like you missed kid. That's too bad." The commanding grunt said.
"Who said I was even aiming at you." Garrett quickly shot back. The poke ball strikes one of the many pipes that were hanging on the wall causing the pipe to break. Smoke quickly fills the room disorientating the grunts.
"Quick Dale, grab your Pokémon and let's get out of here." Garrett yells fleeing the room with Dale quickly following behind him. The two boys run down the long hallway and exit the building turning around expecting an onslaught of attacks, but to their surprise nobody even followed them out.
"What's this did they even see us leave." Dale said slightly annoyed. Garrett returns his Drapion.
"No, they probably aren't even bothering with us right now and that's beside the point right now we need to get back to the lake front." Dale looks at his friend in shock.
"What are you kidding me Garrett? We can't just leave and let Team Aqua get away with what their doing. We got to stop them and find out what they want."
"I never said that we were leaving, were just backing off for now. We'll be back after we figure some things out."
"Wait do you have a plan," asked Dale. Garrett replies by looking up at the sky watching the outline of a certain Pokémon fly around in a circle.
"Let's just say that one's flying over head." Dale looks up in confusion.
"Where, I don't see anything." Garrett pushes him forward towards the forest.
"Trust me buddy it'll explain itself in no time." The two boys walk into the forest heading towards the lakefront. Meanwhile back in the research facility the grunts finally regain their whereabouts and the grunts all look at each in confusion.
"Should we go after them." One of the grunts asked.
"I think we should, they did infiltrate our base you know."
"Would you idiots shut up were getting a message from the boss." The commanding grunt said. On a large TV screen the outlined figure of a man appears and does not look happy.
"Greetings sire what can we do for you."
"Have you swine's found the information that I require."
"N-Not yet sir." The commander grunt says in slight fear.
"AND WHY NOT!" the boss screams.
"Well sir, we have been held up by a couple of kids, they sort of got in our way and we had to take care of them." At this the boss was intrigued.
"A couple of kids you say."
"Yes sir."
"Make sure you keep them locked up I want to get a look at them. They just might be the trainers I have been looking for."
"T-That's a p-problem sir, you see they kind of escaped." The outlined figure sighed in annoyance.
"Then what are you buffoons standing around for. GO LOOK FOR THEM." The figure shouted causing all of the grunts to quickly run out of the room with the commanding grunt trailing behind them.
"Soon you two, very soon will I have found you. You can run but you can't hide forever Garrett." The figure laughs as the screen goes blank. Back at the lakefront Garrett and Dale have just walked into the clearing when the Pokémon that Garrett saw earlier lands in front of them and a girl hops off its back.
"Boy am I glad to see you two." The girl says to Garrett and Dale running over to give them a hug to witch Garrett chuckles.
"Sorry Dawn, we would have been here earlier if I hadn't had to save somebody's butt back there." Dale shakes his head.
"In my defense I was attacked from behind." Dawn giggles.
"Well in any case. What's going on around here?" Dawn said looking around at all the damage done to the forest.
"There's an organization here that goes by the name of Team Aqua," Garrett explained.
"Team Aqua," Dawn asked tilting her head to the side? Dale nodded
"Yup, and from what we have experienced with them. There a bunch of dirty thieves that pick on innocent people and steal their Pokémon." Dale gritted his teeth on that last part.
"So what are we going to do about them," asked Dawn?
"I'm not entirely sure, but I do know that we can't keep them here we have make sure they leave this place and never come back." Garrett stated what everybody else was thinking. Then suddenly they heard someone speak from the bushes.
"Finally we found them," shouted one of the grunts from the bushes causing the three teens to turn around and raise an eyebrow. Only Dale was the one to physically face palm
"You guys can come on out now, there's no use in hiding anymore." Said Dale
"So much for a surprise attack," the second grunt said.
"This is Team Aqua?" Dawn asked in confusion. Garrett sweatdrops,
"Yup that's them." The two Team Aqua grunts grow very determined faces.
"Ok let's stop with the small talk you three are coming with us." The first grunt says to witch Dale burst out with laughter.
"OK let me get this straight. First you want us to leave you guys alone and now you want us to come with you. Can somebody spell contradiction?" The two grunts look at each other until the first one says
"I think he's mocking us."
"Yeah you think."
"What do you men and I use the term loosely, want with us." Garrett asked growing slightly annoyed.
"It's not what we want it's our boss that wants to have a word with you guys." Dawn shifts uneasy.
"Don't trust them guys I have a bad feeling about this." She said with a worried expression.
"Don't worry Dawn we're not going anywhere with them anytime soon." Garrett assured her.
"Yeah I wouldn't be caught dead with the likes of these clowns," added Dale. The second grunt sighs with boredom.
"Look kids please just make my job easier and come quietly so we won't have to hurt you."
"I don't think so." Dale replies stubbornly.
"Fine then, I guess we'll have to force you to listen the hard way." The first grunt said releasing a Crawdaunt.
The trio backs up slowly,
"Garrett what do we do," Dawn asked?
"You and I are going to get the heck outta here. I have a hunch that Dale has more than one bone to pick with these guys." Garrett stated with wondering eyes.
"You want to fight. Fine I'll fight you. Go Weavile and Sharpedo," Screamed Dale. The second grunt finally cracks a smirk,
"You should have tried to run." He releases a Mightyenea.
"Alright Dawn let's go."
"GO! Go where?" she replies
"I know just the place. I just hope that Dale can hold these guys off long enough." Garrett and Dawn take off thought the forest not stopping until they reach Team Aqua's building.
"Where are we," Dawn asked?
"This, my friend, is the research facility."
They walk inside and are immediately swarmed by at least 30 grunts.
"This isn't good," said Dawn grabbing onto Garrett's arm.
"Crap." Garrett shouts glaring and gritting his teeth. The grunts suddenly move out of the way forming two lines to let someone walk through. The man was tall and had black hair covered by a blue bandanna. He was wearing blue clothes resembling Team Aqua's uniform only his was more expensive looking.
"I never would have thought that you would come back to me." Garrett narrows his eyes
"And just who are you," he asked
"I'm sorry I never introduced myself. My name is Archie and I am the leader of Team Aqua."
"Oh aren't you polite." Garrett mumbled under his breath.
"W-What do you want with us." Dawn stuttered slightly afraid. Archie grinned deviously
"Fear not princess I mean no harm to either one of you."
"Then what exactly do you want with us," questioned Garrett
"Have you heard of the orbs legend," said Archie
"No I haven't what is it," asked Dawn?
"From what I've heard it's a legend concerning the two super ancient pokemon from the Hoenn region Kyogre and Groudon." Garrett said glancing around the room.
"You're correct Garrett I applaud your wisdom," Archie said.
"Wait a minute how do you know who Garrett is," said Dawn.
"You see I have been watching Garrett and Dale for quite some time now trying to see if they were the ones I was looking for," explained Archie.
'So not only is this guy bad but he's a stalker to.' Garrett thought with concern.
"Why do you want Garrett and Dale?" Dawn screamed holding onto Garrett tighter.
"You see a long time ago there were two orbs, the red orb and the blue orb. The red orb had the power to control Kyogre and the blue orb had the power to control Groudon."
"Right and it was also said that Kyogre was able to summon heavy rainstorms and raise the sea while Groudon had the opposite power being able to raise landmasses," added Garrett. Archie nodded.
"Correct and that's how they say the world was formed, but all good things must come to an end eventually right. Well one day the two legendary pokemon meet face to face, and I can assume you know what happened then right."
"All chaos broke loose." Dawn said.
"A war was started between land and sea and neither side was willing to surrender." Archie said.
"So what happened? It obviously stopped otherwise none of us would be here right now." Garrett said showing impatience.
"There were two trainers each with the power of an orb in their grasp. They were able to control the element within that orb as well as being the ones to have forced Kyogre and Groudon to separate and enter a deep sleep. In fact to this day they are still sleeping somewhere in the Hoenn region."
"Care to explain how this involves me and my friends." Garrett said.
"They say that the only way to awaken the ancient pokemon is by using the two orbs, but the only way to obtain the orbs is too find the descendants of those two heroes. They are the only ones that can find the two orbs."
"So let me get this straight. You think that Dale and I are the legendary heroes who have the power to control Kyogre and Groudon." Garrett said.
"I know that you are." Archie argued.
"This doesn't make any sense to me. You guys have been living here in Twinleaf town your entire lives." Dawn said.
"No Archie said descendants so it must be something with our family tree."
"Garrett you will partake in a series of tests to prove whether or not you are indeed one of the trainers and when Dale gets here he will do the same." Garrett's anger and frustration goes over the max.
"If you think I'm going to play guinea pig in some test experiment then you can just forget it. Never in my entire life have I ever been able to manipulate water in any shape or form."
"Funny how you should mention water I never even said witch pokemon you had the power of." Then it finally dawned on Garrett that Archie could have been right.
"I refuse I don't want to participate in your dumb experiment." Archie shakes his head.
"Fine, but eventually you will succumb to the power of the orbs." Archie leaves with Garrett completely flustered.
Dale walks in.
"Hey Garrett you ok, I sent those two goons packing." Dale said with a cocky smile
"Yeah I'm fine but there's something off about these guys and I don't like it." the mentioned replied
"Well what do you think is up?" Dawn asked
"It's nothing to be concerned with right now, come, let's head back to Twinleaf town." Garrett said beginning to exit the biulding with his two closest friends right behind him.