The Starlight Legacy: Colosseum by GlassSuicune
Note: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo. This story is mostly a retelling of Pokemon Colosseum, with some extra scenes here and there as well as scenes I tell differently. If this story is similar to anyone else's, it wasn't intentional. That, and there are a lot of Colosseum stories out there, and I didn't have the time to read through EVERY SINGLE ONE. Now….
"This" is human speech.
("This") is Pokemon speech.
'This' is thought.
"This" is telepathy.
Chapter 1: I Added Blowing Up a Base to the Things I Did Today!
Somewhere, inside Eclo Canyon…….
'Okay…here we go. Now or never. I choose NOW!' thought a young man who looked to be about twenty, as he sneaked through a dimly lit hallway. He wore a blue trench coat and black jeans and boots, while a short line of white sunscreen ran across his face. Shiny silver sunglasses rested on his silvery white hair.
He stopped at a large door and pulled the glasses over his golden eyes and attached a small explosive to it. Backing away from the door, he pulled the bomb's remote out of his pocket. "Three….. Two…. One!" he cried, pushing the button and covering his face with his arm, as debris flew.
A very muscular man jumped at the sudden explosion. He gritted his teeth and his eyes narrowed. "Mikhail Starlight…. when I get my hands on you…" he growled. He turned to four Grunts. He didn't need to say anything. They all started running out of the room.
The man, Mikhail, walked into the room, trying not to inhale the smoke. His eyes scanned the room. 'Ha! Found it!' He took a strange machine off a mannequin and threw it onto his shoulder. "Mikhail, I'd run if I were you." His Espeon, Tory, told him. He listened and could hear Gonzap screaming out his name angrily.
A Voltorb noticed him and immediately rolled over to him. ("Where do YOU think you're going with the Snag Machine?!") it cried, ("Guys, he's over here!") Mikhail had no idea what it was saying, but he could tell it wasn't good. He gingerly picked it up and tried to cover its mouth. "Where IS the mouth on this thing?" he grumbled, running out of the room.
Jumping out of a hole made by the explosion, Mikhail made his escape. His Umbreon, Shadow, began running beside him. ("Did ya get the what's-its-name?") he asked. "Don't talk! RUN!" cried Mikhail. Gonzap and his henchman ran outside the base, pursuing him. Mikhail then turned around and threw the Voltorb towards the base, shouting, "Here! Hold this!"
Mikhail jumped onto his bike and Shadow hopped into its sidecar, where his brother Tory was. The pink fox didn't notice. Gonzap and his henchman were about to catch up to them, but Mikhail immediately started the bike screaming, "THREE SECONDS TO LAUNCH!!!!!!!" In about that many seconds, the bike went zooming off into the horizon, disappearing.
"HE GOT AWAY!" Gonzap roared. Suddenly, the Voltorb used SelfDestruct, damaging the base even more. Gonzap was beyond angry now. He was furious! He then turned to the Grunts. "Don't just do something! Stand there!" he yelled. The Grunts stood still. "Why aren't you moving?!" cried Gonzap. "Sir, you told us NOT to." replied a Grunt named Wakin.
Tory failed to notice the bike was moving extremely fast. ("Oh, that's a refreshing breeze…..") he said. Shadow's tongue was sticking out of his wide open mouth. ("WAHOO!") he cried, looking like a dog sticking its head out of the window of a car.
Mikhail made the bike go slower, confident everything was alright now. He saw a lone Skarmory flying towards Eclo Canyon, its silver feathers gleaming under the sun. Mikhail turned his head to see the mountain that housed Team Snagem's base. It gradually grew smaller and smaller, but it never went away completely. It was like it was following him….
Mikhail shifted his gaze back in front of him. "Why did you make me do this?" he whispered to no one. "Dwelling on things doesn't do much good" Tory informed him. "I guess you're right…" said Mikhail.
"You guess I'm right? Of course I'm right!"
"Yeah, of course you are…"
"Hmph!"
"Hmph!"
After an hour and a half of driving, they came to a train-shaped gas station called the Outskirt Stand. Mikhail stopped the bike and recalled Shadow and Tory before getting out. He then noticed two guys talking. While they talked, Mikhail noticed the sack in their truck. He swore he saw it moving…..
The two weirdoes ( from Mikhail's point of view) continued talking. "Oh man, I really pigged out…" said one. "Yeah, I love eating after hard work. It adds to the flavor, I swear. Anyway, we should get going. Boss wants this sack delivered ASAP." said the other. They got into their truck and drove off, leaving a freaked-out Mikhail behind.
He shook his head and walked into the gas station, thinking to himself. 'That sack was NOT moving! Keep telling yourself that! That sack was NOT moving… That sack WAS moving! That sack WAS moving! WILL YOU SHUT UP?!'
"Howdy. Need anything?" asked the man-behind-the-counter. "A glass of water and an aspirin…" Mikhail muttered. To his surprise, the man gave him what he asked for! "Twenty Pokedollars, please." said the man. Mikhail paid him and swallowed the aspirin. A newsflash appeared on the TV. "We've just received word about an explosion that took place in Eclo Canyon." said the reporter. Mikhail nearly choked on the water when he heard that.
"Investigators have discovered what appears to be Team Snagem's hideout. We'll continue coverage on this as soon as more updates come in." continued the reporter. The newsflash ended. "Team Snagem's base was in Eclo Canyon? How about that? Uh, sonny, are you okay?" said the man-behind-the-counter. Mikhail had to answer and FAST.
"Oh, I'm fine! And yes, it IS very surprising to hear that!" he stammered. 'I should probably go now.' He got up and walked out of the train, building, whatever. "Hey! Wait up!" cried a male's voice. Mikhail turned and noticed a young man dressed like a cowboy, only without the hat. His name was Willie. "What d'ya want?" Mikhail asked, not caring about his grammer. "Well, I could see you were a Trainer and I just got this urge to battle you. So, what do you say?" Willie answered.
"I suppose I say yes 'cause I've never turned down a challenge before!"
"Alrighty! Go, Zig and Zag!"
"Shadow, Tory, I choose you!"
Shadow ran towards the first Zigzagoon, Zig, and used Bite, knocking its health into the yellow. Tory's eyes glowed and he used Confusion on the other brown raccoon, knocking its health into the red. Zig then used Growl, lowering the two foxes' Attack stat. Zag then Tackled Tory, knocking him to the ground. ("Wah! I'm getting sand in my mouth!") cried the Espeon. Zig charged towards him, but Shadow knocked it away from his brother with his own Tackle.
Tory got up and four hearts appeared around him, and he used Return, KO'ing Zag. Shadow then ended the battle with Bite, KO'ing Zig. Willie recalled his Pokemon saying, "Oh man, you stomped us real good…" He covered his chest and fell backwards like he had been shot. "Dude, relax. You're gonna live….." Mikhail groaned.
After about thirty seconds Willie got up. Mikhail was sitting on the ground petting Shadow and Tory. "You know," Willie started, "You may want to head down to Phenac City. There's a Stadium there." Mikhail, who was slightly surprised, managed a reply of, "Uh, sure…" Willie pointed to the west. "Phenac's about two and a half hours away."
"Okay, thanks." was all Mikhail could say, but he was thinking to himself, 'The farther away from Team Snagem I get, the better' He recalled his Pokemon and then hopped onto his bike. He started it and screamed as it took off at one-hundred-miles-per-hour. "Oh sweet pineapples! Is one-hundred-miles-per-hour this darn thing's default setting or something?!" he cried, slowing it down to sixty-miles-per-hour. "This I can handle." The balls on his belt started shaking, indicating Shadow and Tory were laughing.
And so, the adventure begins….
Note: Well, there's Chapter 1. Feel free to review, I'd appreciate it. Just don't flame. That's downright rude. Before you ask why I call Wes 'Mikhail', that's the name I gave him when I played the game and I like it more. And before you ask why there wasn't any dialogue in the battle, my 'editor' told me it made the battle TOO LOOOONNNNGG. Hope you don't mind. Anyways, I'll try to update next week. See you then.