Chapter 2: The Man With the Dragon
Ghetsis's opportunity arose right after breakfast upon returning to his cell. From what he'd heard from the CD he'd gotten from the package, he was supposed to wait until things got more relaxed before springing his trap. Now was that time. Ghetsis blew the whistle, beginning the nightmare that would shake the foundations of the Pokémon World.
A loud pop was audible throughout the prison, followed by the sounds of the guards' pokémon going absolutely crazy. As everyone struggled to recover, Ghetsis took out one of the Ultra Balls and sent out his Hydreigon. The three-headed creature stretched its neck and roared.
"Now! Use Crunch on those bars!" the madman ordered, a maniacal glint in his eye.
The dragon handled the bars while its trainer hopped on its back.
"Get us out of here, and tear apart anyone that gets in your way!"
Hydreigon smashed through the cell's remains and started its rampage, downing any guards foolish enough to try and stop them with a well-aimed Dragon Pulse. The would-be tyrant felt invincible as he continued to wreak havoc on the prison.
Capt. Watters nearly jumped out of her skin when the alarm went off. Upon regaining her composure, she frowned. Her gut instinct was right after all. She ran to find her dogs. Luckily, they were in one piece, but they clearly were in pain, as they were all howling shrilly with tears in their eyes.
"Guys, come on! We've gotta get going!" the captain ordered, both trying to be heard among the chaos and trying to keep the pain she felt for them out of her voice.
Despite their agony, the trio of houndoom managed to nod in affirmation. Sarah lead and the others followed.
The sounds of both prisoners, pokémon, and guards screaming in pain greeted the young woman and her comrades. As she looked at the carnage, she was both bewildered and terrified. She forced herself to keep moving, as she needed to figure out what was going on here. She repeatedly radioed for backup as she was running, her hopes dropping with every second of silence.
When she got to the recreation yard, she saw something she'd never forget: a man flying on a Hydreigon. Fighting her urge to scream, she went into work-mode and got his attention.
"Hey, you! You're under arrest for…" She trailed off as the man turned to face her. She saw no humanity in this man's eyes. He was a monster in human form, as far as she was concerned.
"Oh, well if it isn't a little bug here to stop me! Obviously, you somehow managed to survive. A pity no one's around… or alive to help you."
Capt. Watters was shocked that he could say something so callous… but upon realizing exactly what he'd said, she was filled with unspeakable sorrow and rage. He had injured and killed all those people! He had to pay for this!
"You… you… MONSTER!" she screamed, unsure why she was shaking so furiously right then, but not caring.
His response would haunt her memories forever.
"Monster?" He chuckled madly, then continued. "Such a cute little term. Lady, when I'm done here, you'll be calling me master! Besides, you've seen nothing yet compared to what's coming. In short, you won't stop me!"
"Yes I will!" the captain shouted, summoning up what courage she had left. "Sarah, Ray, Paulie: attack!"
The dogs pounced at the dragon on their master's command. The dogs launched attack after coordinated attack, frustrating the man and the dragon's attempts to swat them away. Unfortunately, the man got lucky.
"Focus Blast!"
All three houndoom were blasted by the orange spheres of energy. They were thrown to the ground, whimpering in pain.
"No…" the woman trailed off. She ran to her comrades—no, her family in a panic. She didn't even see the Iron Tail attack coming.
Before she could register what was happening, she felt her hand grab onto something heavy and metallic. It was Hydreigon's tail! She turned to the madman with a predatory stare, not really all there herself at this point. Her eyes glowed red for a split second. Her piercing gaze seemed to have a weird effect on the pokémon facing her. It froze in place with electricity arcing around it. It was almost as if…
She left the thought behind as she shouted her next four words:
"GO. AWAY. RIGHT. NOW!"
Another curious result. In response to her booming voice, both the man and dragon were literally blown away. Far away, as the man's screams showed.
After he was gone, she immediately turned her attention to the houndoom. They were all unconscious, and before she could even question what the heck just happened, she joined them in the encroaching darkness.
This concludes our prologue, ladies and gentlemen! Read and review if you want!
