Death of the centres.
This is a record. A record for future generations.
This is how the world turned dark, and what these dark times were like. Where Pokémon fights human, where mankind falls and where the tyrant king and his seven lords changed the world, dividing the alliance of Pokémon and trainers.
I can't tell you the story of how humans and Pokémon first alliance. That story is long since lost, despite my hopes to find out. But, whoever finds this, I can tell you the history of how things turned bad and of my own quest, to find out what happened.
It began in 2011… one day a group of people, team plasma, started going around the world, telling us that we were wrong to "imprison" Pokémon in their balls. When I first saw them, they were in Opelucid city.
My name is bill, and I was travelling with my partners, Blitzle and Togetic. I was given them both as eggs from a passing trainer. After a short while they hatched and since then, we travelled and trained. After a few weeks, Togepi evolved. I knew for a fact they were happy with me. The way they fought for me… with me. I know that now more than ever.
A few weeks later, they were back, telling us that their king had awakened a legendary Pokémon and was going to prove himself be challenging the Pokémon league and then give the order for us all to release our Pokémon. All this time, the person talking, Ghetis, made it sound like a kindness, releasing Pokémon. I agree that some people, evil people like most of team plasma's grunts that mistreat Pokémon, they don't deserve Pokémon. But most people are kind and do deserve the friends and allies we have.
After the news that N had awakened a legendary Pokémon, there was a little worry until the towns gym leader, Drayden and iris, talked to the town. I remember Drayden said "team plasma is wrong! We gym leaders will not allow N to take over. You will never be forced to release your Pokémon. Along with the gym leaders and the elite 4, there is a hero, another with a legendary Pokémon, who will defeat n. at this moment he is at the Pokémon league, fighting his way to team plasma's king. Spread the word"
But he lied. No-one knows what happened after Drayden, iris, and most of the other gym leaders set of for the league. No-one knows how a castle erupted out of the ground surrounding the league, or how, within hours of the castle coming up, N took over the TV's and commanded we released our Pokémon. Behind him was not one, but 2 Pokémon of legend both zekrom and Reshiram.
"I am your king now. "He said "and, as my first order of business, anyone caught imprisoning Pokémon will be arrested and brought to my castle. You have one week before this law is punishable."
Of course, very few did. With the words of the gym leaders, in our minds, they must have been delayed. People carried on as normal, with about 10% obeying N's orders, and a few people clever enough to realise that it wasn't over yet. I was one of the last group.
I thought for a day, trying to come up with a solution. I came up with 4 routes. One was to go to the league, to try and face N. that was stupid. I wasn't strong enough. The second was to stay put and wait. That was just stupid. I could also go to Undella town. There was supposed to be a champion of a faraway region there. That is were a rebellion would be started… after a long whit, I decided, instead to go and see professor juniper. If anyone knew what was going on, she would. Plus, her lab was as far from N as you could get.
I wasn't being a coward, but my 2 Pokémon were only level 15… what could I hope to do against legendaries? My best bet was to train up, then join the rebellion when I would be useful. And I knew the world famous juniper could help.
So I set off. As I didn't have the fly HM I had to cycle the whole way, through Twist Mountain, charge stone cave and the desert. It took a while, but a week later I arrived in Straighton city, to see a horrid sight, the day care couple were being roughed up by a dozen members of team plasma. When I saw what Pokémon they were using, exadrills and Durant, I knew I stood no chance. Other than alerting the people in the town what was going on, so they could go and help, there was nothing else I could have done.
I had to keep telling myself that I had to get stronger before I could help. I still regret not doing more to help the day care couple. I pressed on after telling people and reached Accumula town and then… to Nuvema town. I found junipers lab, it wasn't hard in that small town and went in…
When I arrived there were around a dozen people there. There were 4 professors, the 2 junipers, father and daughter, professor oak from Kanto and professor elm from johto. There were also the three Straighton city gym leaders. There were a few others that I later learnt about. There was a blond named Bianca. She had travelled with the person the gym leaders had called the hero. There was also a trainer from johto called silver, 2 people whose names I never learned but used to be a part of a team called team rocket and a scientist called fennel. After we all introduced each other, we got down to business
"Right, as you all know by now, N has taken command and is ordering everyone to release their Pokémon. He said we have until tomorrow to comply" the senior juniper said "but we can't let that happen. Doing that would put thousands of people out of work, and cause chaos in everything. We have learnt what some if his first moves will be, though."
"His first act is to shut down places that do a service for trainer's Pokémon, like massage parlours…the day care centre…" Bianca started
"That is already happening!" I said "on my way here, I saw a load of plasma attacking the day care centre"
"Ah…" oak said "it seems that things are happening faster than we anticipated"
"Yes… so it should be any time now he shuts down the marts and Pokémon centres." Bianca said "they will send some plasma members into each centre and smash the computers, force the joys to release their chancy"
"Right… so what do we do?" silver asked
"We have to split up…if we act as a team, we may be able to achieve something. Who here has been to Opelucid city before?" only me and Bianca raised our hands "right, you 2 need to go to shopping mall nine and get whatever items you can get. I can send a message ahead, and they will probably give stock away as soon as it is clear they are going to be under attack"
"It will take a week to get there. " I said "if this happens tomorrow, we will be 6 days late to do anything"
"Not if we fly" Bianca said
"I don't have a fly HM" I admitted, and Bianca threw me one. A HM and a TM are devices that could tech Pokémon to do different things. This specific one would let me fly anywhere I had been before.
"Here, keep it" she said, so I used it to teach Togetic to fly.
"Someone should go and speak to Cynthia" fennel said
"Good point… silver, you met Cynthia before, didn't you?" elm said
"Yes… the once" silver said
"Ok, well then you go to Undella town and see Cynthia, find out what she is doing…" the younger professor juniper said
"I don't know the way" silver said
"Ok, you 2"she said, pointing at the 2 rocket members "go with silver, fennel, go back to your lab, and link the PC systems together so that if your PC system gets damaged, we can support it."
"Right, good idea" fennel said
"We need to defend the town" Cilan said, as chili and cress nodded
"You don't stand a chance." I said to them "I saw them at the day care centre; they have level 50 odd Pokémon. You use level 13 or 14 Pokémon"
"Just because that's all we use in the gym doesn't mean we don't have stronger teams"
"Each of us has 2 level 60 Pokémon, and we can face them 3 at a time" cress said "we can stand up to them"
"And if we fail, we can get joys chancy, that way we can heal any of our Pokémon that feint. Without centres, we are going to need it" chilli said
"Right, and us 4 professors can defend the lab. No doubt they will come here" oak said "come back here when we are done. If we are compromised, meet at fennels lab in Straighton instead, if we don't hear from you in 3 days, we will assume you aren't returning"
Just as we were about to set off, oak pulled me to one side and gave me a tangela and an elekid
"They aren't that strong yet, but train them and before long, you might stand a chance against plasma grunts"
And then, we were off, we all went our separate ways, and me and Bianca flew to shopping mall nine.
I just want to note, as many of you will not have had the pleasure of using fly, that it is one of the most enjoyable experiences ever. I wish I could have flown more.
So, Bianca and I arrived at shopping mall 9 and stayed there. We had tried to talk to the manager, but he was "otherwise engaged", so we hung around. I and Bianca talked, got to know each other. We also kept an eye on the TV. If anything happened, it would be on there. After a few hours wait, there was an announcement from N.
"Hello, my dear subjects. It appears that many of you have refused to accept my orders. That is most unfortunate. I am now sending a number of members of team plasma to each town, and anyone caught in possession on a poke ball will have it removed from them. Anyone who fights us will be arrested."
Suddenly, the manager burst out of the back doors "closing down sale! If you can haul it you can have it!"' he yelled, and there was panic, as people ran to the desks, grabbing anything they could get. Bianca and I slipped into a door; to the storeroom that no-one seemed to notice. We were able to fill our bags with revives and full restores, we each grabbed a few boxes and the went to leave. As we left the storeroom, the manager was calling out
"I'm afraid to say that team plasma has surrounded all the exits, and will be attacking this building any second" the manager yelled
"How do you know that?" a man called
"Well, its simple really." he explained "Not only can I see them out the window and have the broadcast from king N to go by, but I am an admin of team plasma"
"Get him!" one of the crowd said, running at the manager, releasing a Snivy and a Patrat to assist. Suddenly 30 team plasma grunts ran out of the manager's office, with sevipers, koffings, zangoose, and dozens of other species of Pokémon. A second later a similar group came through the front door. We were forced against walls and into small groups. Me and Bianca were near 2 other trainers, all of us fighting of a huge stream of Pokémon.
"What are we going to do?" one of the trainers said "we are trapped"
"We could knock down the wall…"I suggested
"This counts as desperate times, right?" Bianca yelled
"Yea, why?" I yelled in response "you got an idea?
"You 2, follow my lead. And get ready to fly. You too, billy" Bianca then sent out a gigalith, Garbodor and a shelmet "shelmet, protect us, gigalith, garbodour, get against the wall and…"
"No, it is too risky!" one of the other trainers said "that could kill us all"
"What do you suggest? You are fighting for this too. If we want to escape, we don't have another choice. Now, gigalith, Garbodor… use explosion"
