POKEMON FINAL LIGHT: SHATTERED INNOCENCE

PROLOGUE

Pov: Unknown

Location: Crystalix Forest

Day: 000

Hour: 00:00

Lying in the middle of the forest, was a man. He was unconscious and bleeding slightly from his forehead, next to him was a brown pack. He stirred when the wind picked up and blew a couple of leaves into his face, he opened his eyes.

"I…I'm alive? I can't be…" the figure thought as he sat up and felt his aching head, he felt the blood on his and recounted what had happened to him earlier, he was shocked that he survived that.

Suddenly, he heard something in the sky. He looked up and saw several lights approaching, helicopters.

The man got up and grabbed his bag before he started moving-no running through the woods as fast as he could as the sounds of choppers filled the air around him, closing in.

He didn't want to meet them, not now.

Day: 000

Hour: 13:00

Life was pretty good in the region of Havon as the air was clear and the sky devoid of clouds, the waters surrounding the land was clean and the roads clear.

This entire region was called Havon and within this region sat three counties, Davidson to the north, Sparta to the south and Angels to the west. Davidson held the cities of Everett and Union, Everett sat on the ocean water with a couple of smaller islands surrounding it. Next to Everett was Union island, a small piece of land that held a tall tower and some small buildings, a Bridge went across from Everett to this island that connected to Union City and the mainland. Both cities all together held close to five million people and Pokémon.

Fifty miles south of Davidson was Sparta, it held the massive grungy city of Fairview. Population was close to twenty million. The city itself was close to being labeled as overpopulated and filled with crime in the lower parts of the city, the area held nothing of interest really, except for the massive tower that sat right in the middle of the city.

This entire area held an odd twenty five million people and Pokémon of all ages, race and species.

Outside of the cities sat the Crystalix Forest, a massive forest stretching across the entire area north, going south creating a wall of sorts. To the west was Angels county, where several large clearings were located and one that held one smaller city called Jonestown, and further west held some smaller towns, one of the far western side of the forest called Glendale, it was the 'starter' town for young trainers and the entry point into the Havon region.

Sitting next to a small pond was a small two story house and a small garage, the roof was a bright blue and the lawn was vibrant green.

This… is where one of our stories begins.

POV: First

Location: Glendale

Day: 000

Hour: 13:01

My Journey begins

I sat at my brown wooden desk, just writing away on my computer on a report I was writing for professor Maple. Oh, my name is Jonathan Reese, I'm sixteen and just about to start my attempt to take on the Havon League.

Then I heard a knocking at my door. "Come in." I said, my voice was soft and a little bit rough sounding.

The door opened and in came my friend Louis Macoy, he was a short tan kid with short black hair and brown eyes. He donned his usual get up of a white tee shirt and blue jeans with black running shoes. "Hey John, when are you going to go pick up your starter from Maple?"

"After I finish this report on the significance of the different Pikachu colonies and why some of the chu species are undergoing changes to their genetic structure." I explained to him, not taking my eyes off of my computer.

Louis nodded and asked, "Hey, mind if Left out Jurichi?"

I nodded, as he pulled out a red and white sphere with a button in the middle that was called a PokéBall, It was a device that held the species called Pokémon that roamed our world. He held out the PokéBall and tapped the button that caused it to pop open, a beam of white shot out and hit the floor and slowly materialized into a Pokémon known as Charmander. It stood three feet instead of two, and wore a pink Bandanna around its neck.

"Char Charmander." She voiced, looking around.

I typed in my last sentence, and looking it over a couple of times for any errors, I printed it out then folded it up before setting it on the desk. "Okay out for a few, I got to get ready and I ain't about to give ya'll a peepshow."

Jurichi made a sound that sounded like an 'Aw' as both she and Louis left the room so I could get ready.

I made my way over to my closet and pulled out my backpack, it was black/yellow in color, black being the base color and yellow being the secondary. The theme of the pack was thunderstruck, a special backpack made by HERC. It was a good pack, had several places to hold things, a small pocket on the front and two side pockets and a hidden one of the bottom. Inside was my gear, a Pokégear from my mom, a sleeping bag, and flashlight, a medical kit… and my dad's Colt M1911 Pistol. Now you're probably wondering, why do I have his pistol? He gave it to me for protection, thinking a Pokémon can only do so much.

I didn't argue with him, I'm actually a fan of firearms and studied them quite extensively before deciding to become a trainer.

Also inside was my black Pikachu themed Tee-Shirt and thunderbolt jacket, and my jeans and a pair of hiking shows that were already broken in, and my lucky hat.

I got out of my PJ's and proceeded to put on my travel gear as I heard the broadcast of the TV from downstairs, another Secronom, Inc advertisement. I don't know why but something about that company made me sick, I wonder why?

I eventually had all my gear on and checked my mirror to make sure everything looked right, why? Just cause.

In the mirror I saw light blue eyes hidden behind brown colored bangs, I also saw unkempt brown hair that hung loosely under my hat. I was pretty cool looking.

I threw my pack on and grabbed my paper before I went over to my door to find Jurichi and Louis downstairs, both ready and waiting for me. Mom was in the kitchen with Dad talking about something when she called me over, "John honey, can you come here a second?"

I walked over into the kitchen to the table, and I could smell the scent of breakfast that once filled the air. "Sure, what do you need?"

"Well, we just…" Mom started, but something stopped her.

"We want you to be careful, alright?" Dad finished for her, his tone gruff sounding.

I scoffed, "Dad, Mom, I'm not a child. I can take care of myself, Louis is coming with me ya know, and I'm going to have a Pokémon with me." I explained, "You don't need to worry about me."

"We're going to worry about you either way," Mom told me, her eyes slightly teared up. "Just be careful okay? please?"

I sighed ever so slightly, she was so over-protective at times it was sad. "Okay mom I will." I told her in reassurance, hopefully she won't end up calling me ever fifteen seconds to make sure I was eating right.

She nodded as she and Dad saw us over to the door, it opened and we were thrust out into the small town of Glendale, Both mom and dad hugged me before bidding me farewell.

I turned to look at Louis and Jurichi, both had smiles as we started forth.

My journey… was just beginning.

POV: Third

Location: Fairview City, Outside Secronom Inc. Labs

Day: 000

Time: 13:12

An Assignment

The city of Fairview was a big city, big and filled with some… unscrupulous people. The streets were clear, as it was Sunday so not very many people were on the roads, most were at home with their families or at work. All except one.

Walking through the city streets was a tall blonde haired blue eyed man donning a white work shirt and tie and black slacks as he walked with a stride of mild annoyance, his hands in his pockets and in his right he was fiddling with his call phone contemplating calling someone.

His name was Dr. Lucus Tanner, he was a scientist at Secronom Inc. and possibly one of their best. He worked in level zero, the place where most of their more secret projects are developed.

He stopped in his tracks, finally deciding to pull out his phone and make the call that has been bugging him for so long. He pulled out his Nokia Lumia and dialed the number, he then held to up to his ear as he waited for the person on the other side to pick up. He tapped his foot before he heard the click. "Amelia?" he started, his voice was smooth like a fine scotch, "is that you?"

"Yes, Luke?" a female voice answered, asking a question in return.

"How is she?" he instantly questioned, his voice was anxious sounding now.

Amelia chuckled on the other end, "She's fine Luke, trust me," she reassured him. "She's been doing fine for the past couple of hours, so you don't need to worry Luke."

Luke seemed relieved, but still. "Okay, but… I can't help but worry about her, you know that."

"She knows how you feel, she's seen how you act when you're worried and she gets worried to." Amelia replied. "She misses you when you are at work, she wants you to come home soon."

Luke smiled, "I'll come straight home after work, tell her that… okay?" he asked.

"I will Luke, talk to you later?"

"Okay, goodbye Amelia." With that, he hit the disconnect button and pocketed the phone, feeling much better than before.

He walked over to the entrance to the building and pulled out his key card and swiped it through the reader, it beeped as the light turned green showing it was unlocked, he gripped the handle then pulled the door open before going inside.

He was blasted with a breeze of fresh cool air as several passerby colleagues of his greeted him, he nodded in return as he made his way over to the sign in desk. He greeted the intern he knew as Lucy as he signed in, as she once more flirted with him. "So... Luke, how have you been?" she asked him.

"Good, you?" he asked in return.

"I've been great," she answered, looking at him while looking at him seductively, "but I think it would be better with you."

He sighed, "How many times do I have to tell yo-"

"That's you're taken? Please, she's nothing compared to me and you know it." she said leaning down seductively and showing off her moderately sized chest.

He shook his head slightly, "Gunna have to do better than that Lucy." He told her.

She made a sound akin to purring as she grabbed him by his tie and said, "If you want, we could go to my car and we can have a lotta of fun." She yanked him further towards her, and he could smell some type of perfume radiating from her. "Come on."

He took his hand and pulled hers away, "Listen to my words, and watch my mouth, I do not want to be with you Lucy. I am taken." He told her, he still had the pen and finished his signature on the sign in paper before walking over to the elevators.

"Pokémon don't count Luke!" she state, her arms crossed and her eyes glaring daggers at him. "Some people find that to be disgusting, and just, gross."

"Well, I don't care what other people think." He voiced as he continued towards the elevators, he typed in the code and got in, "Cause frankly, people who don't like the fact I'm with a Pokémon, can go to hell." He finished as the doors closed.

He sighed as he pinched the bridge of his nose in tired way. Everyone always had to say something about that, yeah he was in a relationship with a Pokémon, but he didn't care in the slightest about species or race. If you love someone, then that's that. It doesn't matter who or what they are.

The dinging of the elevator passing several floors was the only thing he heard as he leaned against the railing, his thoughts wandering like a tumbleweed through the desert. He wondered just what it was they were working on, from what he could gather, it was nothing like the other Nerotonin samples they had developed. The cellular structure of N4 was unstable and frankly he didn't think it would do anyone good. Why they continued testing with it he'll never know.

A ding sounded and the doors opened and when he looked up he saw, "Dr. Adler!" Luke exclaimed, he didn't expect to run into the head of the Nerotonin research group.

Dr. Adler looked up and saw his research assistant Luke, "Ah hello, Luke is it? just the man I wanted to see."

"Me?" Luke asked, that was odd, why would Dr. Adler want to see him?

Adler nodded, "Yes," he started as another man entered the elevator, "This is Professor Cedar of Everett City." He introduced to two, "Cedar, this is one of my research assistants, Dr. Lucas Tanner."

Luke looked the Professor over gauging his appearance, he was a normal looking man. He had short brown hair that was spiked up a bit down the middle, and bright green eyes that held a passion for his job and a smile that spoke the truth. He wore a bright blue shirt under a white lab coat and brown slacks and black dress shoes. "Hello Luke, it's a pleasure." He greeted, his voice was young as he held out his hand.

Luke smiled a curt smile as he took his hand and shook it, "Same, I've read your notes on the fusion of various Pokémon DNA and I found it to be intriguing."

Cedar chuckled lightly, "You're the first to say you found it intriguing, others say it is an atrocity to Pokémon kind."

"Well as much as I love to see you two get along, I do believe we have business to attend to do we not?" Adler said as the elevator doors closed, the air suddenly felt rigid as the elevator began moving again, this time back up.

"Ah yes, Luke, you work in lower east sector am I correct?" Cedar asked.

Luke nodded, "Yeah, why do you ask?"

"My colleague Professor Maple in Glendale has come across something and he needs assistance, I was wondering if you would like to take this assignment in my stead." Cedar explained to Luke, adding, "I cannot go, as I'm needed in Everett city by my other colleague Pine."

"Oh, wow." Luke voiced, "Really? You want me to go in your stead?" he asked.

"Yes, if it is not too much trouble." He said, checking his watch. "Can you do it?"

Luke nodded, "Sure, of course I can!"

Cedar smiled, "Good, you can leave there now. I asked Adler and he said you may leave today, there will be a car waiting for you up top."

Luke nodded, "Right, but is it alright if I stop home first? I have to check in on someone."

"Of course, but try not to be too long," Cedar told Luke, putting a hand in his pocket, "My colleague won't wait forever."

Luke nodded as the elevator doors opened with a ping, Cedar exited it as Adler clasped his hand onto Luke's shoulder, "You best be heading out Dr. Lucas, time's wasting."

Luke nodded and proceeded outside where he was greeted with the sight of a simple town car, sleek black color and man in a suit and driver's cap stood next to the back door, he opened it and gestured for Luke in get in.

Luke got in as the driver closed the door and got into the driver's seat and started the car, the car smelled brand new… he loved that smell. "Um, could I have you drive me home before we go to Glendale? I have to check on something important." Luke asked in a kind manner.

"Yes sir, address?" the driver questioned.

"34th street, Hoffer avenue." Luke told him.

The driver nodded and began driving to Luke's home at a moderate pace. Luke to this time to pull out his phone and call Amelia, he dialed the number and waited until she picked up.

"Hello Luke?" She asked on the other side.

"Hey, just calling to let you know I'm coming home, but I've also got something to tell the two of you." he explained, he suddenly felt nervous, wonder why?

"Oh? What about?" Amelia questioned, she sounded almost worried now.

"I'll tell you when I get there." he said, ending to call right then and there without saying goodbye. "I wonder how she'll take this…" he wondered as the car sped up.

POV: First

Location: Union City, Soul Dew Apartment Building, Room 32B

Day: 000

Time: 13:30

A Choice Meeting

"Wait, you're a what now?" I questioned the individual standing in my doorway.

"I am an Envoy from Crystal Island, and I've been sent here to ask you some questions." the man explained, eyeing me like he could read my every thought.

"Oh well, come on in then, mind the trash on the floor." I told him, walking over some trash and into my living room where I plopped onto the couch, I violently cleared my throat and said, "fire away with the questions dude."

The man who entered my apartment was a tall suit wearing Latios in disguise, I could tell by the eyes, how they had a certain glow to them, and they were a blood red color, that and he came from Crystal island, home of the eon dragons. Pfft.

"My first question is, what is your name?" he asked, his tone relaxed as he sat down in one of the chairs surrounding a small table situated next to my tv.

"Quinn Mercer." I simply answered, crossing my jean covered legs. ""

"Any relation to the Bio-Terrorist, Alex Mercer?" he questioned, taking out a small tablet and jotting down what we were saying with a pen.

"Not really, I'm his half brother. Different sides of the family, I suppose." I explained, "Look, if you here to ask me where he is I have no clue, like I said we don't talk."

"I see," he voiced, writing down what we said as he then asked, "do you remember what happened to him?"

"He got all wonky or something and pretty much destroyed all of New York, right?" I recalled, he pretty much destroyed all of Manhattan somehow, "I don't remember all the details."

The man hummed in thought, looking me in the eyes as if he was trying to discern wither or not I was telling the truth, "When was the last time you've seen your sister, Dana."

"Two years ago, we Skyped one day and she told me a little bit of what happened in NY with him, I'm not surprised he would do that." I admitted, leaning back.

"How so?"

"Well," I started, "GENTEK and Blackwatch, along with HERC and several others, just don't seem… like they're trying to help out for the greater good. They seem like bad eggs to me. Alex only did that cause, from what Dana told me, Gentek was killing everyone involved with the Blacklight project, him included."

"Hmm, go on."

"That, and I've heard some rumors about HERC was doing something with GENTEK. Working on something in secret, course I saw that on the internet." I told him, I had no clue if it was true or not, "HERC and GENTEK are working on some kind of counter virus to the Blacklight, or something along those lines."

The man nodded, then wrote it down, "One Final question for you."

"Shoot."

The Latios in disguise leaned forward, looking me in the eyes, "Do you see yourself as a leader in the future?"

That was an odd question, why would he ask me that? "Uhh, maybe. Depends on who I'm leading I guess."

The man smiled, "Thank you for your time," he told me, getting up and holding out his hand to which we shook, "I'll be seeing you" and with that, he left my apartment.

"… well… that was odd, I suppose." I voiced, getting up and going to get some food.

Pov: First

Location: Everett City, Winchester Bar

Day: 000

Time: 13:43

Bad Lemon

"Hey watch where ya going!"

"You first bub!"

"Oh that's it buddy!"

Just another day at the bar… oi.

Another bar fight broke out, and it was the same guys as before. Drunk and on a rampage, like always…

I was sitting in the booth farthest away from the entrance drinking a simple light beer, called Budlight. I had in front of me a notepad where I was writing down notes for a class project involving cross species breeding and the possible DNA being changed in certain species from this, I found it rather interesting to be honest.

I was jotting down my thoughts with my ink pen as I overheard an announcement on the TV above the beer laden bar, several patrons looked up as the barkeep, Iris turned it up.

"According to health officials, there has been a sharp rise in hospital admissions in the outlaying cities and towns around Union city. There are at least a hundred cases with identical symptoms, and health officials are concerned of a possible pandemic arising on the eastern coast of Havon." She read off from a teleprompter, she tried to keep her cool but the fact that a possible pandemic was happening got some people antsy.

I held my pen somewhat nervously as she continued. "In other reports the Talon Region has undergone several hundred terrorist attacks from the Red Thorn Militia, and the city of Dubai, the main hub of the Talon region is still undergoing Evacuation due to the intense sandstorms raging across the city, from our reporter Tom within the city, he's with us live, Tom?"

"Hey Jane, well as you can see behind me the 33rd mobile infantry are still trying to Evac the civvies with the help of HERC, the 54th Battalion of Talon and local law enforcement. This has been going on for three days and trying to get everyone to stay calm is hard when sandstorms are battering the landscape. At least two choppers have been brought down and from what my sources have told me, Flight 135 from Dubai has crashed just outside the city. Just after takeoff a wall of sand battered the plane and brought it down about fifty miles from where I am now, a group of the 33rd has gone to check out."

"Jake, you better be alright…" I thought as I remembered that my brother was part of the 33rd and he was sent to Dubai to help out with the evacuation of Dubai, that was 3 days ago and I haven't heard one word from him since.

"I hope my brother is alright." Someone said from behind me, I looked at them out of the corner of my eye and saw a young woman staring at the TV, her eyes filled with worry.

I turned around and voiced my opinion, "I'm sure he's fine," I started, putting on a smile and sitting up straight, "If I know my brother he's taking care of yours."

"Oh," she gave a look over of me, I guess she was wondering something judging by her look, "is your brother over there to? Or is this some lame attempt at a pickup line?" she asked, tilting her head and raising an eyebrow.

I chuckled before reaching into my breast pocket and pulling out my wallet and opened it, I rooted through it and pulled out a photo and handed it to her. "That's my brother, his name is Jake. He's a Sergeant within the 33rd and one of the best snipers they have." I told her with a smile.

"He's cute," she said, looking at my brother's photo.

"Pfft!" I sputtered, "No one has ever said that about him before."

She giggled, "No?" she asked, handing the photo back to me before adding, "well you tell him that when he comes back."

"Why don't you tell him yourself when he does get back? I bet he would love to meet ya." I offered, getting a piece of note paper and writing my brother's phone number on it, I handed it to her, "When he comes back you can call him up if ya want."

"Well, thank you." she voiced, "My name is Alice, yours?"

"Elijah, Elijah Toretto." I said, stating my full name and holding out my hand, we both shook. "So, who's your brother?"

"Nicholas Heart, he's a private, he just joined up last week." She explained, her eyelids half closed and her hands clasped together tightly.

"He'll be fine, I'm positive of it." I said trying to reassure her, patting her n the shoulder softly.

"Yeah, you're right." Alice told Elijah, sighing heavily. "I'm sure he is fine."

Pov: Third

Location: Talon Region, City of Dubai, highway 34

Day: 000

Time: 13:50

Boom Boom Baby

"COVERING FIRE!" A sergeant screamed at the top of his lungs as members of the Red Thorn Militia fired upon both the military and the civilians on the long stretch of highway, everyone who didn't have a gun ran for cover, mainly the press and civilians.

Members of the 33rd and 54th opened up on the Red Thorn Militia, HERC soldiers were hanging back and sniping from a distance as the Local Police tried their best to help out, firing off what small arms they had against the enemy.

One soldier, a Sergeant by the name of Jake Toretto took cover behind a bus an armed with his Scout M110, he shot out of cover and downed two RTM soldiers with quick and deadly precision, holes appeared on their head and blood spurted out as they fell to the ground.

He got back into Cover as a private named Nicholas Heart came up behind him, armed with a M4A1. "Private." Jake greeted, checking his rifle.

"Sergeant." Nicholas replied, cringing at the sounds of gunfire filling the air around him.

"Having fun?" The Sergeant asked the young private, popping out of cover and downing another RTM soldier with a shot to the chest.

"Sir?" Nicholas questioned, "fun? Here?!"

"Hell yeah!" Jake exclaimed, taking a grenade of his armor and pulling the pin, he counted to three before tossing it a good distance and watching it explode, taking four soldiers with it. "HAHA!"

Nicholas was a bit disturbed by Jake's actions in battle, he was enjoying this? The Private peeked out of cover and aimed his gun at an RTM soldier by a car, he squeezed the trigger and popped him in the shoulder making him cry out as he fell to the ground.

Suddenly, from a humvee a lieutenant yelled out, "RPG! RPG!"

"Whoo, got trouble." Jake stated, peeking out of cover and seeing the RPG wielding man on top of a billboard, he aimed the rocket at a tanker truck and fired it. "Best get down Private!" Jake yelled as the rocket screamed through the air before hitting the gasoline filled tanker. It ignited the fuel and sent it sky high along with a few sports cars and personal of HERC, people screamed as the fire started to spread.

"We got to help them!" The Private Heart yelled, starting over there before Jake pulled him back. "Wha tare yo-"

Before he could finish Jake shot two soldiers that came out from behind a car before saying. "Okay, now go." he said, starting forward followed by the private closely.

The two quickly made their way over to the carnage as several medical personal arrived and began moving the hurt out of the line of fire, "Come on, let's move it!" a HERC soldier yelled, aiming his SCAR-H at incoming RTM soldiers.

"Give em time!" Jake yelled, jumping onto a car and kneeling down, he aimed his M110 and fired it, taking down one after the other. "Open up!"

Then, to everyone's relief in came an Apache, it flew in front of the sun like an angel and opened fire with its Vulcan cannons, its massive 30mm rounds hitting the ground and ripping apart the RTM soldiers apart limb from limb. The remaining RTM fled the area, already knowing the fight was lost the moment the Apache flew in.

The 33rd and the 54th all cheered as they won the battle, HERC soldiers resumed their evacuation plans, gathering up everyone and telling them to go to the evac helicopters.

The Sergeant, Jake sighed as he propped his gun onto his shoulder with a smile, "Boom Boom Baby," he voiced, reading the lettering on the side of the Apache helicopter that started patrolling the area.

"Sir," Nicholas started, "are we going to be able to get everyone out of the city in time?"

"Of course," Jake replied, "We'll get them out, don't worry. All right, I'm starving, let's go get some grub after this." he suggested, walking off down the road to where they had a command area set up, food awaited the two.

Pov: Third

Location: Road to Glendale

Day: 000

Time: 12:55

Unexpected

On the outskirts of Glendale on the highways drove a bus, colored steel gray with the logo of a Pidgeot on the side and the words 'Pidgeot Transport' in bold.

Inside of this vehicle were several individuals, civilians all headed to the Region for Pokémon Training, family visits or business meetings.

Situated at the back of the bus, donning a get up of a black/blue baseball cap and a matching jacket and black/blue jeans, sat a young man with ebony hair and excited look in his brown almost red eyes. On his shoulder sat a small yellow Pokémon known as Pikachu, it looked out the window watching the trees pass by with a smile. "Pika!"

"Yeah Pikachu, we're here… in the Havon Region, I can't wait to see what we'll find here, and I especially can't wait to take on the League!" he exclaimed in joy, drawing the attention of several elder bystanders who shook their heads in at the young man's actions, oh how it felt to be young and full of life.

"Pika pi Pikachu." The mouse Pokémon told its master, pointing out the window at the small city that was coming into view, the young man smiled brightly as he gazed at the city.

His adventure in this region… was just beginning…