Nothing is what it seems
Full summary: A murder has occurred, with everything against him Gary Oak must prove his innocence but chase when being chased isn't easy. Can Gary with a little help catch the true murderer before the police catch him? Can YOU find the murderer? Nothing is what it seems.
Dedication: To Maia's Pen, It's been awhile since I wanted to dedicate you something… I tried to make something original … Again
Thanks to RoseWaters for her amazing help… and I mean it
Warning: May be for a mature audience if my T rating doesn't satisfy you tell me. Thanks for reading. Oh yeah, I personally congratulate you if you can guess if and who dies in each chapters and most importantly WHY
Part 1 – Birthday surprise
"Believe it Misty, I'm gonna marry this woman" a certain brown haired boy wearing a tailor made black shirt and holding a suitcase apparently announced to his small black engine that seemed to be a cellular. He was walking down one of Pallet Town's street towards his grandpa's laboratory. "And I don't care whether you agree or not" he smiled to nobody visible.
"Either you're stupid or just naïve, Gary Oak!" a voice replied in an icy tone "And I don't think naïve is allowed in the Oak dictionary so I vote stupid" it added laughter that echoed in the receiver's hear
"Look she's the perfect bride: one she's hot, two she doesn't bore me and three…"
"Three?"
"She's terrific in bed" he finished a huge grin plastered on his face as he approached his destination.
"Pervert! I bet that with number three the rest is automatically acquired right?"
"Exactly"
"Gary…" she replied exasperation written in her tone
"What is it Misty? She can cook, she's funny and smart! What more can I ask from a woman? Money?" he asked skeptically "I already got all the dough I need!"
"No seriously Gary, you're making a big mistake… you're gonna regret it"
"You, yourself, made a big mistake that almost cost you everything. If I'm wrong I'll find out by myself mom" Misty didn't answer "I guess the talk's over… Smell ya later" Gary hung up. He glanced up just in time to avoid the public humiliation of getting smacked in the face by an opening door.
As he entered the building, he observed the usual brouhaha of his grandfather's lifestyle; Crates containing various sorts of excessive electronics spilled across the ground in complete chaos. He observed the disarray of the room before he heard noise coming from his Grandfathers lab. He went through the kitchen which was littered with empty pizza boxes which also revealed Pr. Oak's diet for the past week before getting access to the room his gramps was without a doubt in. When he entered it, he saw his grandpa wearing his usual lab coat with hair grayer than normal hair, which was probably due to a failed experimentation. Pr. Oak immediately noticed the stranger's presence and with a look towards the door quickly recognized his grandson.
"So what brings you here today?"
"Just checkin' up on ya Gramps, to see if you're still breathing" Gary joked
"Ha ha thanks for your concern but as you can see it, I'll take some time before you inherit anything from me" Pr. Oak joked along "What's in that suitcase? You finished your project?" he added not taking his eyes off his computer
"Wow, you still got a sense of observation gramps and your memory is still intact"
"So what was the problem" Samuel asked
"Wrong fiber material" Gary answered nonchalantly not wanting to get in big details "But now it's ready commercially"
"Really?" This time Pr. Oak completely turned his senses towards Gary, eying his suitcase curiously.
"Let me show you" Gary answered, glad to finally have caught his elder's attention. He then opened his treasure and manipulated the keyboard at an incredible speed. Files popped up on the screen but Samuel Oak could understand any of it. "Look on your screen" commanded the younger Oak. Pr. Oak obeyed and looked back at his own screen. At his surprise he saw a new window with his grandson on it moving and making face. "Hello Gramps can you hear me?" he also heard.
"Wow so you managed to transplant the videophone system on computers?"
"Yup and it's already on the market"
"What?"
"Well when I wanted to show you the demo version you were out on field researches again and I needed extra money for a party and for an engagement ring for my fiancé and you know that the parents don't lend me money anymore since I quit training pokemon for competition not to mention…" Gary went on blabbering but got stopped.
"Wow relax son. So you're finally getting married with this… what's her name again?"
"Catherine"
"Yes, this Catherine girl? What about Misty? During the last two years you two got close and now that she broke up with Ash I thought you'd try your chance" Pr. Oak noticed that Gary's expression darkened a bit "I mean… wasn't there something?"
"I don't know… and even if there was something Ash and Brock wouldn't ever have let us been. Anyways so what'd you think?"
"About what?" demanded the professor confused
"About me getting married to Catherine"
"I think that this is your choice and that if that's what you chose I'll stick with you no matter what"
"Thanks gramps"
"No problem"
"I better leave, smell ya later" Gary ran out toward the exit
"Wait Gary! Don't forget to be there at Ash's birthday party. Delia would like to see you there tonight"
"Whatever you wife says, ciao" Gary was out of sight before professor Oak could ever utter a reply.
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The birthday party consisted of a dinner and a sleepover in the Oak mansion, the persons invited and present were Brock, Richie, Misty, Gary, Catherine, Casey and May. Delia had prepared a really big buffet that the newly eighteen years old boy half ate alone making his friends laugh. Pr. Oak had made sure to get the best decors and cake for his son-in-law and the private party was a success.
"Ashy! I still can't believe you're already this big" Delia exclaimed half proud and half sad
"Mom!"
Now the young adults were trying to finish Mrs. Oak's buffet. It would have been an impossible task if it wasn't for Ash. After the meal, Mr. Mime and some nuns cleaned out the table as each guests brought his gift on the table. Ash eyed his gifts like a ten years old totally forgetting that he was today a major. Soon the well enveloped boxes were replaced with variant of objects like pokemon toys, rare pokeballs, money, man jewelry and clothes. Ash took the parole:
"I'm sure that if Pikachu was still here he'd have eaten at least a dozen of bottle of ketchup during the feast" Ash declared joking as all the others let out an uncomfortable laugh "I'm still sad about what happened last year but at least Pikachu's death wasn't in vain as we together destroyed, once it for all, team rocket" some murmurs were heard but they quickly ceased "I'm also still sad about what happened almost three month ago when one of my closest friend died in a car accident" May took out a handkerchief to wipe out her young tears forming "I regret that both Max and Pikachu aren't there to share my joy today" Ash continued "But your presence here comfort and I wanna thank you for it, thank you" Everyone in the room applauded at these words of wisdom that Ash would give on rare occasions.
"Enough of this serious talking, let's drink to your 18th birthday and now that you're old enough to drink it here's some vine"
"YEaH!" they all cried
"And they pretend to be responsible adults" muttered Pr. Oak opening the bottle
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"Guys, Gary's just a good friend! How many time will I have to tell you this?" sighed Misty
"Until I believe it" Brock answered "Gary's a player"
"He's getting married"
"That won't last long" Ash replied "He's my rival and bad for you"
"I told you he's just a very good friend" Misty defended herself
"You two got pretty close in two years…"
"It's not my fault; you were out in Hoenn while I was alone"
"Look at me in the eyes and tell me that you never felt anything for Gary Oak" Brock asked her. At his demand, Misty slightly blushed without the two boys to notice it.
"Damn it, I have nothing to prove to you, I'm going to bed. Good night" with that she left.
"Guess I'll have to talk to Gary then…" sighed Brock "She's too stubborn"
"Yeah… What time is it? I'm getting sleepy…" Brock then looked at his watch before answering
"11:30"
Not too far a shadow was spying on them…
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Gary was reading a book in his room quietly while the girls were talking between themselves downstairs or something like that, he didn't care really. Delia and Samuel, along their blue car, were gone and he didn't know where the others were. He could hear the rain fall down the window heavily but no clouds could be seen as they were hidden behind a big tree next to his window. He loved this tree; he couldn't remember how many times he had climbed it. The book was really interesting as it was some kind of theory on why fire and rock pokemon tend to react so badly to water. Comfortably lied on his bed with the lamp light guiding his reading, he was enjoying his solo moment. He had traded his early outfit for brown baggy pants with a black shirt. Disturbing the calm of his room, someone knocked on his door.
"Page 445" He noted to himself before getting up and deposing his book on the table. He was on bare feet when he went to answer the door after some moment the time to finish his page. When he opened the door he only found a letter on the floor:
Meet me in the warehouse at 2
We have some explanations to do.
Brock
"Damn it, I'm sure he and Ash are mad about me being too close to Misty again. Those guys are paranoids sometimes" he sighed. He looked at his bedroom clock. It was five past two in the morning. He quickly put his shoes on and exited his room.
He quickly went through the house even though it wasn't really lighted as he could remember every piece of the mansion he had grown up within, ten minutes he found himself at the warehouse in the backyard.
The warehouse was as big as a bedroom and had tools kept in it. Now why would Brock want to meet here? Would Gary have to defend himself here? He quickly ran into the warehouse as the rain was still falling down in heavy sheets. When he got in front of the door conducting to the warehouse he took a big breath as he was unaware of what would await him inside. Anger? Violence? Apprehension? That was a mystery to him. He opened the door, and managed to find a light but was meet with a sudden pain chorusing through the back of his head before falling almost unconscious. He hit the ground hard and his vision began to blear, but before allowing the darkness to overcome him, he saw something or maybe someone lying on the ground a close distance away, then everything faded into black.
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When he opened his eyes, it was the early morning. When he regained all his senses and had enough senses to understand and realize what was around him, he smelled a strong odor and he was feeling something in his hand. He then heard footage coming his way with people screaming names. He guessed them to be his and Brock's.
"Brock… I didn't get to meet him yesterday. I got hit and… Wait did he hit me? And why?" Gary thought cynically.
He then got up and to his degust saw the exact same scene as in a horror movie. Blood was almost everywhere, Brock was there lying dead, without a doubt, a dagger stabbed in his back. Gary looked at his hand and found the piece of paper where the message Brock had written him was. Before he could realize or do anything else, Ash entered the room accompanied by Catherine.
"Hey where were y-"Ash quickly stopped when he saw the scene. One of his best friends lied dead on the cold floor, his blood giving a new color to the former brown ground, his prestigious watch that was a gift from him for his twenties broken, a dagger in his back and Gary Oak his long timed rival standing right besides. "What did you do to him!" he cried
"N-nothing!" Gary managed to replied
"He's dead!" Ash looked at him with murderous eyes, he then notice the piece of paper. "What's that?" he went to Gary and stole him the paper and read it. Catherine still had a shocked expression on her face and was speechless. "So he wanted to meet you to talk about Misty and then you kill him?" Ash accused, tears of anger burning his eyes.
"I didn't kill him!" Gary cried back
"Why are you screaming this early in the morning?" Misty intervened. She then saw the corpse "Oh my god…" she covered her mouth with her hand
"He killed him Misty! I told you that he was dangerous!"
Misty just stared at Gary with disbelief then still shocked too she muttered "Let's call the police…"
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End of Part 1