Pokemon Chronicles

Chapter Two

Itsy, Bitsy, Spyder

Shinx leaped on Lucas' bed and began to hop up and down, squealing with delight. Lucas smiled and sat next to Shinx. Shinx stopped hopping up and down when he noticed the expression on Lucas' face: he seemed upset about something. Lucas sighed and looked towards his window. He was originally planning to tell his mom that he had gotten Shinx, but she wasn't home and the last time Lucas tried to have a pet, she got very upset. But there was a bigger problem.

"Do you think that Damion and Dawn are taking things a little too seriously?" He asked Shinx. Lucas looked back at Shinx to see if the Pokemon understood him. Shinx tilted his head as if confused and Lucas sighed.

I don't know them well enough. A voice said in his mind. Lucas gasped, that wasn't his thought. He looked back at Shinx who lowered his head and kept his eyes fixed on Lucas. But they do seem very angry with each other… Why? Lucas' mouth fell open, it did understand him.

"This is awesome!" Lucas cried out. "I didn't know you could talk." A door slammed and Lucas heard footsteps downstairs. "Uh-oh, my Mom."

"Lucas, I'm home!" She shouted. Lucas heard her walking up the stairs; he whipped around and grabbed Shinx hiding it behind him. Shinx cried out from the sudden jolt of movement. Lucas' mom, Jolene, heard the cry and rushed the rest of the way up. "What was that?"

"Nothing!" Lucas tried to cover it up. There was another cry from Shinx and now there was nothing Lucas could do to cover it up.

"What's behind your back?" Jolene asked with a very stern voice. Lucas sighed and pulled out Shinx, Jolene gasped. "It's so cute!"

Lucas jumped up in shock. "You're not mad I snuck a Pokemon in?"

"No, I'm mad that you tried to hide that cutie from me." Jolene walked over to Shinx and gave it a pat on the head. Shinx rubbed his head against her hand and began to purr. Lucas' jaw dropped. "Lucas, you have to show this to Professor Rowan."

"The scary old man?" Lucas had met Professor Rowan before, he was an older man with graying hair and he carried a briefcase with him. He was the man that gave Dawn and Damion their first Pokemon, but that didn't stop him from being scary. To Lucas, the scariest part was the fact that you couldn't really tell his emotions. If he was mad or happy it was hard to tell, and that, to Lucas, was intimidating.

"He can let you have a Pokeball for Shinx and can give you a Pokedex." Jolene said. Lucas groaned and sat down, he wanted to have Pokeballs and a Pokedex, Dawn and Damion didn't have Pokedexes yet, but… "He's not gonna kill you."

Take your friends with you. Shinx told him. Lucas bolted back up and laughed out.

"Great idea Shinx!" He shouted and grabbed the tiny Pokemon, and then he ran past his confused mother.

"What just happened?" She asked herself.

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Out in the wild the Pokemon slept. It was very small and basically looked like a shrub with flowers on both sides of its head; it was also Spyder's target. Spyder was elite in his corporation and he wore his suit with pride. Nobody knew his real name, not even he knew it, but there was a reason he was called Spyder.

"Go Ariados." Spyder whispered and threw his Pokeball. Out came a giant four legged spider-like Pokemon that was red with a few black stripes and had a horn protrude from his head along with big antenna's on his back. Spyder pointed to the shrub and nodded. Ariados began to creep over to the small Pokemon but he stepped on a twig which made a snap. The Pokemon awoke and saw Spyder and Ariados. With a cry it began to glow. "Not again! Ariados, Spider Web attack!"

Ariados shot a web at the Pokemon to tie it up and hold it down but it was too late, it was gone. The Pokemon had teleported out. Spyder sighed and returned Ariados.

"The hunt continues." He said with an edge in his voice. He then noticed three figures coming from a path that led to a small town. The three kids all had their Pokemon out: A small reddish-brown monkey he identified as Chimchar, a small blue penguin he identified as Piplup, and a small Pokemon that looked like a kitten that was blue and black he identified as Shinx. "If only they had Turtwig to complete the collection." Two of the trainers put their Pokemon in a Pokeball but not the one with the Shinx.

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Lucas marched through the grass with Dawn and Damion behind him. Dawn was happy at the idea of a Pokedex while Damion thought of the same fear Lucas had: Professor Rowan.

"You don't think he'll yell at us do you?" Damion asked Lucas.

"I don't know," he responded. "I hope not." Dawn gave a big sigh.

"You know," She started. "I don't see what's so scary about him, my dad is his assistant and I've been around him a lot." Lucas and Damion both sighed.

"But he doesn't know us." Lucas said.

"Yeah!" Damion shouted. "You've got connections, we don't."

Dawn shook her head. There was the entrance to Sandgem straight ahead, they were almost there. Dawn looked around her surroundings in surprise.

"I wonder why there aren't any wild Pokemon here." She announced.

"Maybe they're afraid of us because there are three of us." Damion announced.

"That's a stupid thought," Dawn said. "Pokemon aren't afraid of coming out unless there is something seriously scaring them." Damion grinned.

"I know what's scaring them." Damion announced. Lucas looked back at Damion and saw his big grin. 'Don't do what I'm thinking you're gonna do…' He said in his head.

"What?" Dawn asked. Damion laughed.

"Your ugly face!" He shouted. Dawn's face turned red and, the next thing Damion knew, a fist came slamming across his face sending him flying to the ground.

"You son of a bitch!" Dawn shouted. Damion pushed himself up and threw himself at Dawn, preparing to tackle her. Lucas caught Damion and threw him back. Damion landed on his bottom and stared up at Lucas, shocked. All this time Spyder stood back in awe.

"Calm down Damion." Lucas said. Damion jumped back up and grabbed Lucas.

"How dare you stand up for her!?" He shouted. Dawn started to tear up. "Stop it you cry baby!"

"Damion, don't." Lucas growled. Damion sighed and released Lucas. "What is it with you guys, why do you have to fight about everything?" Dawn began to walk away but Lucas grabbed her. "What are you doing?"

"If you guys don't mind, I'm getting my Pokedex!" She shouted and walked away. Lucas turned to Damion.

"Can I talk to you alone?" Lucas asked. Damion sighed and the two walked into Sandgem. Lucas watched Dawn enter the Pokemon Lab and then he led Damion to the Pokemon Center. The nurse was in the backroom and there were no patients. Lucas sat down at a table and Damion sat across from him. Shinx leaped up next to Lucas to lie against him. He almost forgot about him. "Okay, what is it with you two? I've wanted to know for a long time."

"She's stealing our friendship." Damion answered simply.

"She's what?" Lucas shouted.

"Ever since she came to town a few months ago it's been Dawn this, Dawn that with you." Damion responded. "We used to be a tight budget man! Inseparable our moms always said; best of friends."

"We're still best friends Damion."

"No, we were best friends. Now we're just friends, because of Dawn."

"So I found a new person to be friends with. So what? You used to be her friend."

Damion slammed his hands on the table causing Shinx to cry. "It's complicated, Lucas, to explain what I mean."

"I get what you are saying I just think it's stupid." Lucas said.

The door to the Pokemon Center opened and Dawn walked in. She looked over at Lucas and smiled and then gave Damion a passive look. She pulled out a Pokedex and grinned. It was blue and looked extremely high tech with dual screens too.

"It was so easy!" She shouted. Dawn ran over and grabbed Lucas' arms and pulled him out of the seat. "C'mon, let's get you one."

"Damion, let's go!" Lucas shouted as Dawn pulled him out of the building. Damion sighed and rested his head on his arms.

"Your so called best friend has ditched you." Damion looked up at where he heard the voice. It was from the back of the room. A man came out. He was dressed in a white and black shirt with black pants. On the shirt was a symbol of a spider with a letter inside of it: The letter "G."

"Who are you?" Damion asked.

"They call me Spyder." He answered.

"Who's they?"

"My team…"