Chapter 1: Pilot
It had been three years since Touko had travelled through Unova. She was in Sinnoh and Hoenn after her journey and had now finally returned to the region where it all started. The brunette took a deep breath of the crisp, fresh air of her home region, allowing a smile to spread across her face.
Her look had changed from when she last was in Unova. She wasn't wearing cut-off jean shorts anymore. She had switched those for navy skinny jeans. Her age-old black and pink combat boots still clung to her feet and ankles. Her torso was clad with a black leather jacket paired with pink stitching. Under that was a plain, white tank top. Her hair was set on top of her head in a ponytail, still holding its body along with the wavy curls as it had before. Though her wardrobe had updated, Touko still refused to wear any make-up when dressed casually, with the exception being Chap Stick that gave her lips a pink tint. Clearly there was a change in her from when she was 16 to now, 19 years old.
Soon Touko was on the road, enjoying the scenery as she walked. But soon something came to her attention. It felt like the air was thick, as if electricity was coursing through it. She looked towards the trees and bushes, noting that the Pokémon weren't about, and the few that were weren't acting like themselves. They seemed tense and extremely irritable.
"What could be going on with them? Is there a new Pokémon that's making them tense? That could be a possibility…" Touko stood there, pondering the thought for a moment. "I better not let it slow my pace, seeing as I just got here. I'm just glad I was able to get off the plane and out of Mistralton before running into Skyla… she can talk a lot at times. I actually want to explore a bit before meeting up with anybody."
Shaking the feeling off her shoulders, assuming that it was nature itself along with how long ago she had walked through the Unovian nature. Heading south, she entered Chargestone cave, a place she loved dearly. Everything there seemed fine, until she was deeper inside the maw of the cave. Something was definitely wrong with the Pokémon in the vicinity of Mistralton. Touko was staring at the roof of the cave, astonished. Large groups of Joltik were gathered together, bundled up together so densely that it looked like large yellow clumps were growing on the roof of the cave. It was as if they were in fear, staying together to be safe from it.
"Something is definitely in here, something upsetting these little guys…" Touko frowned, noticing even the Tynamo and Klink were hiding behind the boulders. "Let's see if we can find the source."
Plucking a Pokéball off her belt, the young girl released the Pokémon it harboured. The Pokémon was in a crouching position, one arm over its knee; it's other on the floor. It's was blue and black with a snout that was almost canine like. It pushed itself up off the ground, standing on its hind legs. It had a spike on the back of each hand, a cream coloured fur covering its chest, a spike producing right where its heart would sit. Its ears were perked and a black bandit's mask mark was over its eyes, two black fold on either side of its head.
"Star, I want you to use your aura reading skills to try and pin point what it is upsetting these Pokémon."
Star, a Lucario, looked at its trainer and nodded in understanding. It lowered its head and placed a hand on its chest, concentrating to find an aura that was out of place. After only a short moment the Pokémon's head shot up and it took off. Touko quickly took chase after her Lucario, knowing that he had picked something up. She could guess that it was something serious if it caused Star to run so fast.
She blindly followed her partner deeper, and lower, into the cave, not paying attention to anything beside her. In the corners of her eyes she could only see the bright blue and grey whizz past. Touko stopped after a few minutes of chasing the fast fighting type. It felt like someone had poured gasoline down her throat and had ignited it, so she was leaning against a rock to catch her breath. She wasn't unfit, but she hadn't run so fast for such a period and it was taking a toll on her. Touko was bending, gulping down large amounts of air at a time. She fished a bottle of Fresh Water out of her bag and downed almost half of the bottle, extinguishing the fire that was burning in her lungs.
Once she had caught her breath, Touko saw that Star was a few metres away, waiting for her to follow him again. The moment Touko started running again, he ran too, making sure that he never went outside her line of sight. As Touko looked to her left she could see people in the distance in through the spaces between boulders.
They were dressed strangely, wearing what looked like black spandex 'cat suits' with green trimming and gloves. They also had black goggles, either resting on their heads or over their eyes. Around their waists were what Touko could only describe as utility belts. Touko could only tell difference between few of them and that was only possible through hair colour and skin characteristics. Touko could only describe them as looking factory made, as their faces looked the same.
Star stopped near a line of large boulders, not wanting to be detected by the group. Soon Touko had caught up and she slipped behind a boulder to hide herself. They were quite close to them, being able to overhear them talking. Slowly and cautiously, Touko peered out from behind the boulder. She could see a large machine by the group. It looked pretty simple as it was roughly kite shaped and had a simple panel with few buttons and switches attached to it. What looked like hundreds of battery packs were connected to the machine.
Then two people caught Touko's eye. One was a female with dark brown hair in a side pony, her lips ruby red. She was wearing black, knee-high boots with pitch black shorts, held up by forest green suspenders. Her shirt was a cropped, black tank top, showing her stomach, her eyes hidden by black sunglasses. Next to her was a man with emerald green eyes and short messy black hair. He was wearing riding boots, jeans and a black, long sleeved V-neck, the sleeves rolled up over his elbows. A white coat was slung over his shoulders.
"Seems like Chargestone was the perfect place to load up on some juice. We should have all the power we need, if not more, in the next hour." The female smiled devilishly, looking towards the man.
"Right. Though the contraption seem to be setting the Pokémon off. Some of them are reacting aggressively to the fields the machine gives off. It's only a matter of time before we have a problem on our hands, so I prefer we finish this up as quickly as possible." He replied as they walked farther away from Touko's hiding spot.
Touko strained to hear what they were talking about, but it was no use as their conversation was reduced to muffled voices thanks to the distance.
"Well… it's good to see that I'm not the only one who noticed the change in the Pokémon behaviour," said a male voice right next to Touko.
She snapped her head around to see who it was, being greeted by a smiling, almost smirking, face framed by tea green hair.
Next time on Omega-Delta-Die!:
A face least expected. Pokémon retaliate. The cave crumbles under pressure.
Touko is in a struggle for her life and accepts help from someone she hoped was gone for good.
Chapter 2: A Spark of Trouble!
