Huh. Long time, no see. It's been more than 2 months ever since CHP4 of Exception was uploaded, so what is going on. Well then, I simply grew bored of it and overload from other things. CHP5 never made it besides the first few paragraphs, and things were definitely falling apart. There was the massive overload of school, my robotics team, and my involvement into animation. Couple along that with trying to edit all of the previous chapters and CHP5 and you knew I was going to suffer.
Looking back it now, it was an alright story. They contain plenty of interactions for the reader and sometimes, interesting scenarios would happen. But after CHP4 was uploaded, I got a critical critique from someone that changed my view into the story. I never realized the errors I made throughout the story. I tried editing the chapters while keeping note of it in CHP5. But midway through CHP1, I was done. I couldn't handle trying to edit them with the massive workload.
Fast forward to 4/9, and I want to hopefully continue. But since it was so long since I worked on it, I couldn't go back to it without falling into deeper holes. In the end, I deleted it. But, I look at the errors of the previous story and I rebuild it in way better story. For example, a better protagonist, shorter story lengths (probably not), and better dialogue. Even though the rewrite may be unnecessary, I feel like it is for the greater good. I'm sorry, but that is the way it is.
As usual, this may not follow what is actually in Mystery Dungeon due to my lack of expertise in it. Anyway, it is time for the rewrite of Exception, now called Flight.
He was just busy trying to bring equipment to the storage room. He was one of the few allowed inside the room, since his main job was to deliver equipment and store them away whenever not needed. The wheels grind the floor as he exerted force on the cart, hauling away several cans of chemical substances and a ventilator. He had no idea why they needed the ventilator today, but it was fine at the moment. Eventually, he stopped the cart at the titanium door that guarded the storage room.
"ID," the computer that operated the door asked for. The young man slid out his idea.
"Antin Moore. Access granted," the computer read before authorizing the door open. Soon enough, he hauled the cart inside the room. The storage room mainly contained medical equipment and medicine. Antin placed the ventilator on a spot in the room before closing the door. Now it was only putting the cart, checking some diagnostics, then it was back to bed in the facility. All according to the schedule he had. The schedule was designated to every human living in the underground facility. Nothing has ever entered and left the facility for several thousands of years. Blame whoever set off the nukes that year.
But yet, whoever decided to take shelter in the facility brought a lot of people with him because 10,000 years later, the facility was still existent with about a thousand living in the confinement. And everyone mattered to keep humanity alive. Due to this, everyone has been assigned a role. Antin's role was transportation and sometimes, security. No security incident has happened within the facility for more than a year, and Antin didn't want another one. The last incident involved something going insane after taking the wrong medication. There was definitely complications with him firing the shot and explaining to the family.
To which for now, he has remained within transporting supplies around the facility. It seemed to cool down the heat around him, which he was fine with. He placed the cart within its room and moved on to the experimental room. This was his first day he was assigned to diagnostics within the room, for it was a restricted access room. He had no idea why, but he would find out inside the room. He boarded an elevator with a woman assigned to the room also. The elevator gave them a smooth ride after being repaired last week.
Over the ride, Antin was definitely curious what was inside the room. It could either be a project to explore the outside world, for cameras outside have confirmed that the world was safe to live in now. The other possibility was some new design for a weapon that was rumored upon the halls. It was going to be interesting inside the halls. At last, the elevator chimed its way open, allowing Antin and the woman out. They prepared their IDs as they walked-
"SECURITY ALERT! SECURITY ALERT! BREACH WITHIN THE EXPERIMENTAL ROOM! ALL SECURITY MEMBERS REMAIN STATIONARY AND ARMED! EVERYONE ELSE, LOCK UP WITHIN A NEARBY ROOM! NOT A DRILL! REPEAT! NOT A DRILL!"
The security alarm was blaring as the facility went dark. The announcement was playing itself all over again before it shut down for good. Antin and the woman were both certified, so they drew up their tranquilizers. After the previous incident, all security personal were given tranquilizers except for a select few, who were given the standard gun. Antin wasn't scared of the alarms at all, for since this wasn't his first incident. However, this was the first emergency that was coming out of the experimental room, which was definitely worrying. Even worse was the fact that the next hallway turn would've led them to the room itself. He couldn't investigate the room since he had to follow protocol. As such, he remained stationary.
One minute after the alarms started blaring, the security door to the room blew up. The smoke blinded the two of them just as they were receiving word to slowly approach the room. The woman turned out to have a higher certification, to which she told Antin to stayed behind, to which he obeyed. The woman put on some goggles to help her see through the darkness and the smoke. Antin stayed back and watched her enter the room. Antin stood there, ready to shoot anything that came out as the ash settled on his dark brown hair.
"Open fire!" the woman yelled in there. Less than 5 seconds later, the tranquilizer darts began firing from the room. Antin wanted to rush in to help her with whatever was the danger, but he had orders. He stayed behind as normal and waited for anything to approach. Then all of a sudden, a flame erupted from the doorway, to which a medium-sized creature ran out of the room. It was red with a flame on its tail. It was a Charmeleon.
Within whatever education they provided, Pokemon was taught as part of the history of the world, before the collapse of society. From the rumors he heard about, the Pokemon took over the world after the nuclear fallout, but still not much was know about them besides what documents remained from past times. But a Pokemon that was inside the experimental room, it was definitely surprising. The scientists probably captured them to gain more information about the outside world. Since they were valuable assets, they had to be contained.
The Charmeleon immediately fired a blast of fire against Antin. Antin quickly dodged the blast that would incinerate him. Once he ensured that he wasn't in the blast radius, he pulled the trigger to his tranquilizer. The Charmeleon quickly dodged the dart that would subdue him. It rationalized that it can't defeat the human, so it immediately began to run off. But, since these were no ordinary tranquilizers, Antin fired it again. It marked the spot on the Charmeleon. As soon as it was hit, it collapsed to the ground, not to be awakened for the next 12 hours. Another job complete.
But the mess was not over yet. As Antin smiled upon the Charmeleon, several more Pokemon came rushing out to escape. Antin quickly went in front of them, but they charged underneath him. He quickly put another dart into a Chikorita. Once that one was subdued, he began chasing the 10 others that remain. He saw them running down the stairs, which gave Antin an opportunity. He quickly boarded an elevator in the hopes of catching them off guard. As far as he knew, the ventilation system was the only way out of the facility, and the maintenance room was at the bottom of the facility. If the elevator was faster than them, then he could possibly subdue them very quickly. Antin quickly prepared his other tranquilizer gun.
Thirty seconds later, the elevator's door opened. The boilers were there in the dark room, providing warm water to everyone and the vents cooling the facility down, even though winter had just began. He stepped out and began observing for any Pokemon. After investigating, he had concluded that none of the Pokemon had reached the room yet. Perfect. Antin quickly ran to the entrance to the room and waited for them. With his plan foolproof, the lock down would be over quickly. He stood there and waited. And waited… and waited… and waited…
Five, whole minutes went by without anyone being sighted. Antin had no idea what was going on. The Pokemon couldn't be captured already, for the alarms were still blaring, but there were none in front of him already. Antin couldn't believe it. The alarm was likely still on to check to see if everything was still secured, but it doesn't make sense. Antin grumbled as he waited for any information. Then he realized that he had access to the security cameras, since all transportation units had to be monitored. He quickly ran over to the nearest computer in the room and typed the necessary information to access them. Once he was in, he clicked on "Security Cameras." The cameras revealed that security was still tracking down the Pokemon. Another camera revealed the woman he was with earlier was on the stretcher, meaning that the fire blast from the Charmeleon knocked her out. The lock down was on, but no word on the Pokemon.
Antin had checked every camera for any information on the situation. There was nothing that could help him track them down. He was frustrated that he couldn't mass knock-out Pokemon. There was something not adding up. Then he heard a bump in the ventilation. Antin immediately rushed over to the vent that produced the noise. He found nothing in there, but it made him realize he hadn't check the vents yet. He rushed back to the cameras and typed the password needed to access the vents. Once there, he struck a gold mine. Eight Pokemon were crawling across the vents, trying to find a way out of the place. Antin had his lucky break. Once he was ready to investigate the ventilation system, a vent above him collapsed. Antin was quick enough to dodge the incoming metal, but a Voltorb landed on his lap.
"What the!" Antin immediately reacted.
"Voltorb!" the Pokemon immediately began glowing. Antin knew what was going to happen to him if he didn't get out of the way. He immediately dropped the Pokemon and began running away from it. Less than three seconds later, the Pokemon used Self Destruct.
Antin's eyes were slowly beginning to dim back up, signifying he was conscious again. But once he knew he was alive, he immediately got up, with some pain in his legs. The scene that laid before him was chaos. One of the boilers had exploded, resulting in a fire that spread across the room. The computer that he had used was utterly destroyed and the vent that fell on him was basically how the fire didn't reach him. But now, near him laid the fainted Voltorb that blew up the maintenance room. Antin knew that this wasn't some security breach. This was a disaster. As he began investigating the room, the speakers blared up again.
"SECURITY LOCK-DOWN OVER. WORKERS, PROCEED TO MAINTENANCE ROOM WITH CAUTION. ALL SECURITY PERSONNEL TO THE TRANSPORTATION HUB." That confirmed his suspicions.
As he walked up the stairs to get to a functioning elevator, he met several maintenance works and firefighters, ready to repair the room that the Voltorb left in flames. As he got to the elevator, there was some medical staff with the stretcher, carrying the Charmeleon he dealt with earlier. Why they were taking it down, he had no idea. Then finally, he had reached the elevator. He plugged in all the numbers needed to access the hub, and he was on his way. One minute later, he had made it.
The elevator opened with a room the size of a hangar. There, there was two planes that were stored for future purposes, golf carts that were used to carry heavier loads, and armored cars for future purposes. It was a place he had been at very few times, even though his main role currently was transportation. But now, in the hangar stood a large crowd of security and HR. Antin quickly joined the crowd. There, some of the security guards he was with at the mental illness incident noticed him.
"Antin, did you manage to spot any Pokemon?" one of the bald ones asked him. Antin didn't want to brag about the Pokemon he had to face at the beginning, so he only told about the Voltorb.
"Well, within the maintenance room, a Voltorb exploded in there, causing significant damage in there. I spotted some Pokemon within the ventilation system, but that was it," he told his side.
"Wow. So that caused the fire in there. The fire in the room is now under control, but it is going to be about a month before they replace the boiler," another one spoke up. Before Antin could ask about their sides of the stories, the director of the facility, Feleecia Nosredna, got up. She was a descendant of Haisoj Nosredna, the CEO of the former Nosredna Corporations and builder of the facility they sit in. She had blond, long hair and was currently wearing a business suit. She quickly got everyone's attention before she began speaking.
"This night, at 7:36 PM, a breach within the experimental room occurred, allowing Pokemon situated within the room to escape. 14 Pokemon escaped the room, causing damage to the personal homes and to the maintenance room. After counting the total, four security guards have been injured, with one in critical condition, and most importantly, seven Pokemon in total have escaped to the outside world," she began with the facts. Antin knew that the Pokemon within the vents were the ones to escape, for besides the transportation hub, they were the only way out. The guards stood there, absorbing the information the director was giving.
"These Pokemon are valuable assets for us because they provide us critical data on how we will thrive outside the facility and into the outside world. Currently, the number of Pokemon we have won't provide enough data for us to make conclusions. We also know that the Pokemon will likely not survive the winter currently going on outside the facility. That is why it is crucial we recapture the Pokemon as soon as possible," she explained as some of the guards began rallying a bit.
"But before we go out to find them, we must be aware that the Pokemon have entered the outside world, a realm mankind hasn't explored for more than 10,000 years. This would be our first test case of the outside world. So, we have already determined our seven candidates for the recovery mission." Antin had only just realized that they indeed have to go to the outside world in order to recover all of the Pokemon that escaped. He had only seen the outside world from the security cameras that were placed outside, and it was mainly winter outside. If the rest of the world wasn't this cold, then what was it like?
Antin then heard the part about having seven candidates go to the outside world to hunt for the lost Pokemon. That was something unheard of in the facility. No team has ever been sent outside of the underground facility ever. Sometimes, some rebels would try to break out of the facility. As far as he heard, they were captured and never heard of again. But now, this was the first approved team to go outside. But who would be the approved candidates for the mission? Probably not himself, for he had only been in the security division for six years, while there were others who had been in there for two decades. He shut his thoughts as Feleecia spoke again.
"Anyway. And now, we will announce the candidates that will undergo special training for this mission. Robotnik, Nikolas, Anderson, Hitchcock, Williams, Moore, and Wong. Please come up to the meeting room where you will be orientated about the mission," she announced as she begin walking away. The guards were left in confusion as the ones who were called started making way to the meeting room. Antin was one of the called members. Honestly, it was unexpected, but there were clues about it. For one, it was him that managed to detect the remaining Pokemon escaping from the building, and he managed to deal with two of the Pokemon escaping the facility. But still, it was unexpected with his current rank. But whatever. He had a duty to performed that he was selected for anyway. He followed the other guards to the security room.
And at last, I have finally finished the beginning to this story. I didn't really think the beginning was going to be good, for I had better ideas later on. It was fitting to introduce the villains before the main protagonists. But anyway, introduce your reviews and I will get back to you all eventually. But finally, I can begin properly rewriting the series. See ya later!