Chapter Two- A New Order

In the distance a young man flew on a Salamence cloaked by the night sky. He had short dark blue hair along with a matching jacket. He stoked the Salamence across its neck. "How are you feeling Sal?" It grunted joyfully in response. Good, he thought to himself.

Off in the horizon, he noticed an exquisite cruise ship passing by, prompting a grin to form on his face. "Hey, why don't we go on a cruise Sal? Sal?"

Sal's attention shifted from its rider to the water, before releasing a wary snarl. The young man quickly joined to watch the waves. "What is it!?" His jaw slowly fell as if it became unhinged. "Oh, that's bad…."

….

Airi brushed her hair off of her eye and watched the waves brush against the enormous ship. Ol' Fatguts really knew how to build a ship. She turned to watch Lux struggle to command Axew. "Hey, just listen to me!" Axew simply growled in response.

"You have to be firm!" Airi shouted after a sigh. Lux turned to her with an expression that said, 'I'm trying!' She reached into her bag slyly and pulled out a second Pokeball. He wasn't ready for this one…

"How are you Airi?" She jumped at a familiar gruff voice, quickly returning the Pokeball and turning to face Captain Indigo Wake.

"Don't do that…" She sighed before giving a friendly smile. "I'm fine. This is a fine ship."

He let out a hearty laugh in response. He dressed in a rugged blue long coat with a matching captain's hat. A thick shirt covered his large stomach. "Of course, only the best for the Champion and personal friend!"

"We'll being leaving soon Fatguts" She teased. "Hope you won't get lonely."

"I think I'll manage." He smiled. "So that Axew was your husband's?"

"Yes."

"I remember when my Chomp was just a little Carvanha…"

Their chat was silenced by a young sailor rushing to Wake. "Captain we have a situation!"

"What is it?" He quickly shifted to face the young man.

"A suspicious man is poking around the engine room. When we tried questioning him he attacked us with his Pokemon!"

"I'll handle it!" Airi cut in swiftly, jumping from her seat. "I can't sit on my thumb and let something happen!"

"Alright." the captain agreed without hesitation. "Show her the way."

"Watch Lux for me." Airi requested before marching behind the man.

….

"Alright Electrode, you know what to do." Samuel ordered the spherical Pokemon. He shifted his gaze to Bisharp at the entrance. "Yo, how's it look?"

The humanoid Pokemon's eyes sharply watched its surrounding before quickly jumping back to his side. A pink haired woman quickly entered the room.

"Ah, that explains it…" Samuel remarked. "Heya Champ! What's got you in a hurry?"

"You're… the Titan City Gym Leader, Samuel Berk!" Airi gasped. "What are you doing!?"

"Ex, thank you very much." Samuel corrected firmly. "Some chick came along, kicked my ass, then took my job… Anyway you're just in time!"

Samuel pointed toward an Electrode preparing to Self-Destruct near the engines. Airi quickly ran to hide behind the doorway, before Samuel simply uttered. "Boom."

….

Lux slipped to the floor at a sudden large tremor. Axew and Eevee cried in confusion while Captain Wake helped him to his feet. "What was that?" Lux questioned.

"Sounded like an explosion." He concluded. "Your mother was supposed to handle it…"

"What!?" Lux cried in shock. "Where is she!?"

Wake grimaced in remorse at his slip up. He hesitantly answered. "Engine Room… Hurry, I have help these people."

The two quickly hurried off in different directions. Lux eventually found his way to the Engine. Inside he found his mother battling with a casually dressed man. His mother quickly turned to face him. "Lux, get out of here!"

"Why!? I can help you!" Lux pleaded.

"No!" She screamed back at him. "This man is beyond anything you can do right now. Just get to Indigo!"

Lux looked at the man who simply mouthed, 'Go on child.' He reluctantly returned to the entrance.

Samuel grinned slyly at Airi in amusement. "Cute kid, too bad he's going to die."

"As if." She rebutted. Before he could respond a loud roar tore through the air.

"Too late..." He sighed.

The ship shifted harshly as a large purple and black sea Pokemon tore through the waves.

….

Lux covered his eyes as the sudden storm raged. There were no clouds before, he wondered. Before he could look around a stern voice spoke to him. "It's Kyogre."

Lux turned to face the speaker. It was a tall sharply dressed man with an odd robotic arm. He gestured to the side at a large Pokemon circling the ship. "...Or rather Shadow Kyogre. Completely obedient."

"Who're you!?" Lux questioned. "What's Kyogre doing here!?"

"Calm." The man ordered in a monotone. "I'm the leader of Team New Order. My name is Galen. Kyogre's just making sure that Miss Amity doesn't escape."

"That's-" Lux quickly cut himself off. They were after his mother. He attempted to remain calm. "Why do you want the Champion?"

"She's a threat." He answered in the same monotone. "Nothing more."

"A threat to what?" Lux continued.

"My dream of absolute order." He explained. "You see, beings like Kyogre here need to be controlled or else all of humanity shall perish."

"It was asleep!" Lux retorted. "You're causing more destruction than it was!"

"No, I did not." He sighed. " You wouldn't understand. Flygon."

At his command a green insectoid dragon flew onto the deck. Lux quickly threw out Axew in response. He let out an eager cry in response. Galen simply smirked. "An Axew, just like him. No matter, attack!"

Flygon swiftly struck Axew launching him backward. Axew quickly flipped in the air and fired a large pulse of energy back at the attacker. Flygon reeled back in pain at the surprise attack.

"Dragon Pulse?" Galen inspected in slight shock. "Interesting. Dragon Rush."

Flygon began to glow a bright blue before charging at Axew again. Axew quickly jumped to the side before swiping at it with his claws. Flygon crashed into the ground once again. Galen grimaced noticeably. "Annoying…"

Lux celebrated in excitement. "Good job Axew. Let's finish him off!" Axew once again shifted his gaze away in defiance. Lux let out another sigh.

"Take it to the sky." Galen ordered, aggressively. Flygon immediately gripped Axew and flew into the air. Axew responded by simply bombarding the green dragon with his Dragon Pulse. As quickly as they flew into the sky, they came barreling down. Flygon fell unconscious upon impact, with Axew using it as a cushion.

He let out a fierce victory cry. "Ax!"

Galen clenched his teeth as he returned his Pokemon. "Pathetic." He muttered as he crushed it's Pokeball with his robotic arm, tossing the pieces to the side.

"Why would you do that!?" Lux question.

Galen simply pulled out a second Pokeball in anger. "Garchomp. No more games."

A large dark blue shark-like Pokemon sprang forth into the battle. Before anyone could react, it slashed at Axew, once again launching him into the air. However, before he could counter, the assailant bit onto him and hurled him back downward. It quickly came down and crushed Axew under its leg. It let out one last deafening screech before turning to Lux.

Lux quickly called back Axew, who was too hurt to refuse. Eevee jumped from her Pokeball to attempt to protect him. Lux quickly grabbed her in refusal. "Eevee, no!"

"You actually angered me, kid." Galen recomposed himself. "What's your name?"

"Fire Blast! Go!" A voice interrupted before Lux could respond. A large fire attack struck the Garchomp causing it to jump back. A boy who looked slightly older than Lux landed a Salamence next to him. "Get on!"

Without thinking Lux hurried onto the winged dragon's back and gripped Eevee tightly. The boy quickly ordered the dragon to fly away. Galen shouted from behind them. "Kyogre!"

The legendary beast jumped from the water in an attempt to stop them. The boy swiftly ordered Salamence to use Thunder Fang. Salamence tore through Kyogre with ease causing its body to shatter like glass.