Chapter 1 A Birthday of Doom! Ike Escapes!
"Quick! After him!" a guard yelled.
A figure ran out of the Veilstone jail with Pokemon chasing him. He had his Pokemon take out the guards' Pokemon and the webs from the Spinaraks.
"Don't let him get away!" one of the guards yelled as he and the other guards started shooting.
The figure got hit and went down.
"Octillery use smog!" the figure yelled.
His Octillery sent out a smog and he returned his Pokemon and limped away and ran outside and into the forest.
"Damn it! He got away!" one of the guards exclaimed.
"search everywhere for him! Make sure Ike doesn't leave the area!"
"Yes sir!" the guards exclaimed and saluted.
They went off to search for him.
Ike was deep in the forest and was working on his injured leg. He managed to gget the bullet out of his leg and bandaged it up with a torn piece of his shirt.
"It will hold until I get to my next destination." Ike said with a smile and looked towards the western skies.
On the northern trail outside of Solaceon Town, Rusty McLane was helping his fellow rangers with some assignments with the wild Pokemon.
"There you go! Everything's fine here! You can go back to your den!" Rusty said to a group of Bidoofs.
"Bidoof!" one of them exclaimed and they went into their den.
"Never thought they would settle in the northern route." One of the rangers said.
"Well, they're looking for nice pockets of water underground so they settle in these parts." Rusty told her and turned to the others. "Let's return to headquarters!"
"Right!" the rangers exclaimed and they went to the ranger station where the chief was waiting for them with a stern look on his face.
"Chief Drake, what is it?" one of them asked.
"It's something that happened." He answered.
They went silent.
"We got word from Veilstone that Ike has escaped from jail and he is out on the run. They're making sure that all the rangers, gym leaders, the Elite Four, and the other regions on high alert!"
"How can that be? That jail is high tech and very highly secured." One of the rangers said.
"But he got out and might try and find people he may know." Chief Drake said and looked at Rusty. "especially you Rusty."
Rusty was silent.
"Now go and watch your backs! Rusty, can I talk to you?" Chief Drake asked.
The other rangers left the room and Rusty stayed behind.
Chief Drake sighed as he poured himself some coffee.
"It's been two years since the incident with Aqua."
Rusty nodded.
"Now you are a captain and have been doing a great job at it."
"I'm guessing you're worried that I will return to Aqua."
"Yes, Aqua had you twice and if it happens a third, who knows what will happen after the third time?"
"Look chief, I won't let Ike try and get me. I swore on my honor as a ranger that I won't let them tempt me." Rusty said.
"Good, I need you here for the next couple of days."
"What? You know I asked for vacation since it's Eliza's birthday coming up!"
"I'm sorry, but since Ike's escape we need all the help we can get." Chief Drake said and left.
"Damn it." Rusty said."Eliza's birthday is coming up and she wants me to be there, how can I explain that I have to stay here?"
He went to the locker room to shower.
Meanwhile in Violet City, Eliza was getting things ready for her birthday with the help of her friends, Harper, Maritza, and Marty, and her younger brother and her cousin.
"I can't believe you're turning 18!" Maritza exclaimed.
"Well, believe it." Eliza said.
"So, are you excited?" Maritza asked.
"A little, it seems like my mom and uncle have been talking about my life ahead of me." Eliza answered.
"What do you mean by that?" Lyra, her uncle's daughter, asked.
"Well, once your 18, your father might talk to you about having a career goal. Since you're at the coming age, usually you would think about what to do for the rest of your life and go with it." Eliza answered.
"Kind of like college but better?" Lyra asked.
"Sort of." Eliza answered.
"I'm guessing your uncle wants you to be like him." Marty said.
"Maybe, but I love the idea of traveling around the regions though especially with you guys." Eliza said.
"We do too." Harper said.
"By the way, heard anything from Rusty?" Maritza asked.
"Rusty? Who's Rusty?" Lyra asked.
"He's a guy and no. We haven't talked since we saw each other last and I did send him an invite to the party but no contact back." She answered.
"Poor you." Maritza said.
"Don't worry, he'll come." Harper said.
Eliza nodded.
I hope she's right. Eliza thought.
Rusty was preparing to head home when he heard an explosion and asked, "What the hell was that?"
"I don't know, let's check it out!" his partner, Zack answered.
They went into the hall and found it filled with smoke and flames. Rusty covered himself from the heat.
"What the hell?" Zack asked.
"Hold on! Go Zuzu and Starmie! Use your hydro pump and waterfall!"
Rusty's Azumarill and Starmie came out and they used their attacks and put out the fire.
"Wait, you brought your Azumarill with you?" Zack asked.
"Yeah, my parents thought it would be handy for her to be with me." Rusty answered.
Zack saw a sword come out of nowhere and yelled, "Look out!"
"Huh?" Rusty asked and was stabbed in the back and he screamed.
"I found you now Rusty!" Ike exclaimed and ripped his sword out.
Rusty went to his knees.
"Captain!" Zack yelled.
Rusty got up and yelled, "Ike! What the hell? Why are you here?"
"I remembered you being a ranger again and decided to pass through and kill my old friend!" Ike exclaimed.
"What? I'm not your friend after what you've done to me and Eliza two years ago!" Rusty yelled and pulled out his sword.
"No captain! You'll bleed to death!" Zack yelled.
"I can't let him live!" Rusty yelled and charged at Ike.
Ike blocked his attack.
"Not bad, it looks like you kept your skill." Ike said with a smile.
"I kept on practicing." Rusty said. "Zack call reinforcements!"
"You sure?"
"Don't worry about me! Just go!" Rusty yelled.
Zack nodded and ran off.
"So, you willing to let your comrade run off when you're injured?" Ike asked.
"As a ranger, I make sure my comrades know the situation so they can take action! Tell me something, why are you coming after me?"
"Not just you, all our old teammates!"
"What?"
"I am going to form a new team and I must get rid of the old members and the ones who stand in my way and that's starting with you and then your lovely Eliza and her friends!"
"Leave Eliza out of it!" Rusty yelled and charged at Ike again.
The both of them fought again.
Zack returned with some more rangers and found an injured Rusty and Ike gone.
"Captain!" he yelled.
Ike was flying on his newly captured Glysoar.
"Now that Rusty's out of my hair, time to find his girlfriend!" Ike exclaimed.
On Eliza's birthday, she was looking at her phone in her room and then at the PokeGear and sighed.
Rusty…where are you? She thought to herself.
She looked at her picture with him when they went to the beach in Olivine City.
"Hey Eliza, more of your friends came!" her mother announced.
"Thanks! I will be right down!" Eliza exclaimed and went downstairs.
The yard was filled with people and Eliza joined them. Some of them wished her birthday wishes and she smiled and thanked them. She even hung around with some of the gym leaders that shown up from the nearby gyms. Even the Pokemon were enjoying their time. Eliza tried to look out for Rusty.
"Do you see him?" she asked Harper.
"No, do you?" Harper asked back.
"No, hopefully he's okay." Eliza said.
"No he's not!" they all head and turned to see Ike.
"Ike?" Marty asked.
"Your poor Rusty is now dead and my blade enjoyed each taste of his blood and now it will taste your's along with your friends', now prepare to die!" Ike exclaimed as he pulled out his sword.
"Oh man, he has a sword!" a guest exclaimed.
"We need to get everyone out of here or take the battle someplace else!" Maritza exclaimed.
Eliza nodded and saw the hose and ran over to it and turned it on and it caused the sprinklers to go on. The guests screamed as they got hit.
"Hurry everyone, get inside!" Eliza's mom yelled.
The guests went inside and it left Eliza, her friends, and Ike in the yard.
"Nice move!" Marty exclaimed.
"So, a few sprinklers would frighten me? I think not!" Ike exclaimed and charged at Eliza.
"Look out Eliza!" Harper yelled.
"Sparkle use volt tackle on Ike!" Eliza yelled.
Sparkle ran and hit Ike with her attack and it zapped him.
He went to the ground and his sword fell out of his hand.
"How dare you! Go Octillery!" Ike yelled.
His Octillery came out.
"Use water gun!" Ike yelled.
"Sparkle use agility!"
Sparkle dodged.
"Now Octillery use your sludge attack!"
"Look out Sparkle!"
"No you don't! Lily use your water pulse attack!" Maritza yelled.
Her Vaporeon appeared and washed the oncoming sludge away.
"Thanks Maritza!"
"No problem!"
"Now Sparkle use spark!"
Sparkle used the attack and hit Octillery head on and it was knocked out.
"Return Octillery! Damn you!" Ike yelled as he took his sword up again.
"Now Pidgeotto use whirlwind on that guy!"
A Pidegeotto used its attack and Ike went down again.
"I guess I arrived just in time!" a boy exclaimed.
"Falkner what are you doing here?" Eliza asked.
"I received a report about this former Aqua guy escaped from the Veilstone jail and he caused a bit of trouble in Solaceon not too long ago and I guess he made his way here." He answered.
"Well, why isn't it the Violet City gym leader? I never knew you know Eliza personally." Ike said.
"She did come to my gym when she started with her Totodile years ago! Tell me why are you after Eliza?" Falkner asked.
"I came to kill her and her friends since she tried taking down my team and I am making sure that doesn't happen when I form my new team! Now step aside!" Ike yelled.
"Pidgeotto?" Falkner asked.
It used another whirlwind and Ike hit the ground again and he felt his injury open again and screamed.
"Looks like you were hurt before you got here!" Marty exclaimed.
"That's none of your business!" Ike hissed and got back up. "You all win this time, next time you won't be so lucky!"
They watched him limp away.
"Are you sure we should let him go so easily?" Maritza asked.
"I have a feeling Officer Jenny will be stopping him before he tries to leave the city." Falkner answered.
Eliza nodded.
"Besides me helping you guys, Eliza, your mother also invited me but I was on high alert for that guy so I had to miss the party but got a distress from here. Happy birthday."
"Thanks." She said.
"One question, you mentioned Solaceon, that is where our friend Rusty is, is he okay?" Maritza asked.
"Sorry to say this but the ranger station there was attacked by that guy." Falkner answered.
"what?" Maritza asked.
"It can't be!" Marty exclaimed.
"Any casualities?" Harper asked.
"I'm not sure but we haven't received many updates yet. I'm sorry." Falkner said.
They saw Eliza run off.
"eliza!" Maritza exclaimed.
"Will she be okay?" Falkner asked.
Rusty, don't be dead! Please be alive! She thought.
Author's commentary
Hey guys, finally I got around to the sequel! I was going to work on the third NCIS/Get Backers one but since Eliza's Story 1 was a hit, I decided to do this one next! To the NCIS Backers fans, you just have to wait, in the mean time enjoy this one! Plus, I had fun writing this as well! See ya!