Hunted by Fate
Prologue | Arc I | On The Run
Two figures were running through a grassy forest and one was wearing a cloak though there was barely any clouds in the perfect blue sky "*huff* C-Can we stop big brother? We've been running for an hour!"A girl said as she stopped running and put her hands on her knees as she leaned down, she was breathing rather hard. The girl was wearing a large dark green cloak that covered her features from being seen, but her bright pink shoes showed clearly beneath the cloak.
A older male turned around, he wasn't wearing a cloak. He had dark brown hair that looks like it had never seen a comb before and was pretty skinny. He had on black cotton pants and a dark grey shirt, also cotton, that had a blue 'P' on the front of it. "I guess so, but we don't have long before they catch on. We can take five, then we have to run. We're almost to Lumiose City."
"Thank Arceus! I thought you were going to make me run all the way there!"The girl said as she said down on a nearby fallen log "Why do I have to wear this stupid thing anyway? It smells like a Trubbish!"She said as she struggled to take it off by how much larger it was then her before finally her brother pulled it off and she sighed "Ah~! Much better..."
"Well with what you're wearing, we'll stick out like a sore thumb. And we can't be having that when Pristine is chasing us."The older brother explained as he looked around, the younger sister sighed because she knew her brother had her there. Her bright pink and white performers clothes did stick out when compared to most others. Even more so when they were in a green forest.
"Fine, but I don't like it. Why are they chasing us anyway? I was just going to a Performance Contest! Argh! It'll take several times through the washer to get this stench out of my clothes! You have to buy me a new set of clothes, Chris! You owe me for all this!"The girl huffed and crossed her arms
"Right, right. I promise, June. A brand spanking new set of clothes. Just as soon as—"
"Meowstic, use Shadow Ball!"Suddenly, out of nowhere, a ball of pure shadow came flying from the treeline
June screamed as she seen the Shadow Ball coming right for her and she instinctively ducked her head and covered it with her arms
"Shockley, Electro Ball! Lets go!"Chris shouted and out of his sleeve came a small yellow spider with purple eyes and feet, and from it's mouth formed a large ball of electricity that it shot at the Shadow Ball, causing an explosion that sent dust flying everywhere "June! Come on, we're going!"Chris said in the confusion Chris grabbed his younger sisters wrist and the cloak and ran away
A medium sized cat, mostly blue in color but with a bit of white, came walking out of the trees along with someone wearing the same clothes as Chris was, he put his arm in front of him and a screen popped out of his watch "I have found them sir! I heard them say they are heading to Lumiose City!"The Grunt said as he saluted the man on the screen
"Good work. Pursue and detain. Remember, I want no harm to come to June, we need her to cooperate with us of her own free will. Chris, however, needs to learn his lesson for betraying us. Just don't kill him."The man on the screen said and the Grunt saluted again
"Sir, yes sir! Moving out now!"The grunt said as the man on the other end of the line hung up the call and the grunt ran in pursuit of Chris and June heading towards Lumiose City, the largest city in the Kalos region
The Boss turned his chair around and was stroking his beard as he thought "What are you doing Chris, running right into the lions den like this? Surely you know I'll know where the you are the second you step foot in this city. It's where our HQ is after all..."
- Lumiose City -
Chris and June were catching their breaths in a boutique they happened by while running from the Pristine Grunt that attacked them in the forest. Well, Chris was catching his breath. Being in a boutique seemingly filled June's lungs with air as she was looking at all the clothes and trying on various accessories.
She eventually came back to her brother wearing a straw hat with a pink ribbon on it and a long white dress and yellow high heels "Remember big brother, you promised..."June said looking at Chris, who sighed and thought about it
"Yes, I did promise. Alright, here's the money. Go buy those and lets get going to the train station."Chris said, handing his little sister the money required for the clothes 'It'll be harder to find her if she's got different clothes on. That'll work long enough to see her on her way safely to Kiloude City at least. Then I need to get to the airport and board a plane going anywhere, but...How would I draw their attention to me first? I have to cause a commotion before I leave so they follow me and June will be safe..."Chris said, stroking the makings of a beard, which was little more then stubble, as he thought then suddenly snapped out of it when he heard his name
"Chris! Sheesh! What ARE you thinking about? It better not be naughty things again!"June said and Chris laughed a little bit and shook his head
"No, no. Nothing like that. Hey, I heard there was going to be a Performance Contest thing in Kiloude City, Southeast of here. What do you say I buy you a ticket there to make up for missing the one in Lavarre City?"Chris asked, knowing full well the answer he'd get
"I've always wanted to Kiloude City! Yes! Double yes! What're you waiting for! Kiloude City awaits!"June said excitedly as she grabbed Chris' arm and almost literally dragged him to the exit and to the train station down the road
At the gate Chris purchased one ticket to Kiloude City and gave it to his little sister, who looked a bit sad
"What, you're not coming too?"June asked, giving her big brother a puppy dog stare, which didn't work this time as Chris shook his head
"I'm afraid not. I have a friend who lives in Kiloude City, a Performer like you. She might be willing to give you tips on how to be in better sync with your Eevee."Chris said with a smile, and again June got excited then huffed
"Hey! I don't need any help thank you very much! Me and Eevee are totally in sync!"June said with her cheeks puffed up then let it all out in a large sigh "Of course, we haven't one once yet..."June said with a bit of tears welling up in her eyes
Chris laughed and pat her shoulder "Come on June. No tears. Remember what I told you?"Chris asked and June wiped her eyes and nodded
"It's not over til it's over."
"That's right. Just meet up with my friend, her name is Jen. Tell her your my sister and i'm sure she'll help you out. Who knows, you might become great friends! And you know, she has a son your age."Chris said with a wink and he nudged her with his elbow which made June's face go beet red
"I told you not to try setting me up with anyone ever again Chris! Grr..."June growled at Chris who, again, laughed as the train stations bell rang
"All passengers boarding the train to Kiloude City, please board now. This is your last chance."
"Right, it looks like its time. Don't worry, i'll be watching your performances when I can over Pokevision."Chris said smiling and June nodded and hugged her older brother
"Okay, stay safe out there alright. See you big brother! Bye Shockley!"June said and ran towards the train, waving goodbye backwards as she boarded. Chris stuck around until the train had left the station and he decided to leave as well with a sigh
"Good. She's as good as safe. Now onto phase two of my plan. Shockley, I'll require your assistance again. Ready?"Chris asked the small Electric and Bug type on his shoulder
"Joool!"Shockley exclaimed and his entire body shook with his excitement
"Thanks bud, I knew I could count on you. Let's go back to HQ and give them a parting gift before we leave Kalos."Chris said smiling as he went to a large building in the south of town that looked like some of it was still under construction, but most of it looked finished. Chris peered around a building and seen two guards on the front door
"Tch... Of course, guards on the front door. So he knows i'm in the city. Well you're not at tip top strength yet still, Shockley, so making a door is out of the question. How do we get in then..."Chris said as he started thinking then, as if a light bulb in his head just turned no, he looked to his Pokemon on his shoulder and they both nodded and Shockley hopped down and scurried quickly towards the guards
"Why are we standing guard? We'd only have to stand guard if we had something to fear, but we haven't done anything in Kalos yet!"One guard said to the other
"You dumbass! I heard from Joe in Security that Chris has betrayed us and was heading towards the city. The Boss doesn't know what he's planning, but evidently he has every available unit in the city looking for him. I don't see why so much fire power being wasted on one runt. He's only 18! What could a kid do?"The other guard said and they both laughed then Guard 1 seen something on Guard 2's back
"Hey, you got something on your back."He said which obviously made the other guard freak out and spin around a little before stopping with his back turned to the other guard
"Get it off then you fricking numbskull!"Guard 2 said angrily and the other one did as he was told and plucked the yellow object off his back
"Huh, it looks like a Pokemon."The first guard said as he looked
"Shockley, Thunderbolt! Let's go!"Chris shouted and Shockley opened his eyes with what seemed like a smile on his face and he shocked both of them, only badly enough to knock them out and Chris walked up to them and took one of their I.D Cards 'Great job bud! Come on Shockley, we need to speed things up if we're going to make the flight out of here."Chris said as Shockley climbed up his trainer's body and Chris used the ID Card and ran into the building
Chris ran through the halls as quickly as he could with Shockley hanging on his shoulder until finally Chris ran through a door with a sign on it that read 'Cells'
In the room were hundreds of steel cages with Pokemon of all shapes and sizes in them all of them were wearing a strange black collar. Chris growled and Shockley's hair stood on end "All of these Pokemon...Shockley, this is our commotion. I need you to cut the collars off. It's blocking their ability to use moves, which is why some of these Pokemon can't break out of these steel cages. A little electricity in the right spot should overload the collar and cause it to fall off. We need to make this fast."Chris said as Shockley hopped off and ran into the nearest cage, with a Garchomp on it and zapped the collar and it fell off just as his trainer said
In a short five minutes Chris and Shockley had released most of the Pokemon, thanks to the Pokemon they released first helping the others. Shockley met Chris in the back of the room where an empty wall was
"Garchomp, can I ask you to use Hyper Beam and blow a hole in the wall right here? It leads toe the city, then I advise all of you to run as fast as you can for the main streets."Chris said and the Garchomp nodded and Chris stood back as Garchomp began to charge a ball of energy in his mouth and shot it at the wall, making a hole in it like it wasn't made of concrete and reinforced steel.
As soon as the dust settled the Pokemon Chris and Shockley had released started pouring through the hole in the wall and running in all directions and finally the alarm was raised when the wall was breached "Time to go Shockley. to the airport."Chris said as he ran out after the last Pokemon and heading towards the outskirts of the city where the airport was
- Back at Pristine HQ -
The man from before was looking out a large window at the top of the building down at the city below as employees scrambled around in the pit on the floor below and alarm sang in everyone ears but the man surprisingly had a smile on his face and was lightly tossing a pitch black square into the air and catching it "I knew you would try something, but I hadn't expected that. Fair play. But you just caused me a lot of money. And I do not take kindly to that, not even from you."The man said with a look of anger on his face as he crushed the black square in his hands
The sound of footsteps got the Boss' attention as he turned around and smiled once more as he seen another young man with light blonde hair was kneeling before him, wearing the same get-up as every other member of Team Pristine, besides the Boss himself. "Damian. Perfect timing, as always."
Damian stood up straight and smiled "Heya Pops, I just got back from Kanto. I see that Chris is throwing a temper tantrum again. What do you want me to do about it?"Damian asked with an evil grin
"I've known for a long while you hated him since he was two years older then you, but he is getting on my last nerve. I don't care what you do to him or how you do it. Just solve my problem."Boss said
"Of course Pops! I'll go right now! Thank you, thank you!"Damian said excitedly as he ran for the elevator with an evil grin on his face 'Finally, this is my chance! Finally, i'll the one to inherit Team Pristine! I've just got to get rid of him. Oh, so many possibilities but I can only choose one! Oh! Unless I can figure out how to bring him back to life somehow...Note to self, ask Pops to get the nerds downstairs to figure out a way to revive someone.'Damian thought before laughing evilly
-An hour later, at the Lumiose City Airport -
"Your ticket please, sir."The lady at the gate said with a smile and Chris, know wearing a red and black hoodie and light grey sweats with comfortable running shoes, handed his ticket to her and she looked it over
"Everything looks in order. Remember, please put your Pokemon in your Pokeball."She said, looking at Chris
"I only have one Pokemon, ma'am. And he's a Joltik. See?"Chris said as he reached into his hoodie carefully and pulled out Shockley, who was sleeping
"Oh! How adorable! Poor thing looks bushed! Well he is really small, and he will probably sleep the whole flight...I think he'll be okay outside of his Pokeball. Go on through sir, and have a wonderful flight!"She said with a smile and Chris nodded and took his small backpack which was also black and red. He found his assigned seat and was pleasantly surprised to find he didn't have to sit next to anyone.
"Ah, perfect. everything went almost exactly as planned today, with a little bit of help from serendipity of course. Now when I arrive in Unova, I have to make myself known somehow so I can attract Team Pristine's attention toward me in Unova and not June back in Kiloude City but how...Maybe I should start a journey, try to be like a normal trainer? Traveling around with other Pokemon, and Shockley of course, and battling Gyms and others Trainers! Oh, it all sounds so exciting! I can't wait until we get to Unova!"Chris exclaimed as he rest against the seat with Shockley in his lap snoozing away and it wasn't long until the plane took off and Chris too fell asleep.
- Next time in 'Hunted by Fate' -
"This is it Shockley, the Unova region! This is where we start our Pokemon journey at long last!"
"Nuvema Town...? Hey, isn't this where Professor Juniper lives? I've always wanted to meet her! Come on, let's go!"
"This has been a long time coming!"
Thanks everyone for reading the Prologue of Hunted by Fate, as you may guess is a prequel to Drawn by Fate that I am writing with user 'Kitefire', Drawn by Fate is on his profile just in case you haven't seen it yet. Hunted by Fate is Chris' origin story, that I felt I could right in my downtime when Kitefire is busy. And i'm horribly bored right now, so I might as well make myself useful. I have no idea how long it'll be.
And yes, we are making a chapter 2 of that after long last. Life has been very busy for the both of us but we are slowly putting together a Chapter 2!
Please review and tell me what you like and what you don't! What you want to see more of and what should probably just stop. I'm not really good at this whole writing thing, so any and all help is appreciated! Thanks!