Chapter 1
Sky Pillar
The anticipation was building. J couldn't figure out whether it was fear or it was her usual adrenaline rush she got before a heist, either way was expected with what she was about to do. She would be one step away from being the first and probably only person to catch a living Rayquaza but from what she heard from her henchmen, it wasn't going to be easy.
This Rayquaza was bigger and stronger than normal Rayquaza's from what she gathered after hearing her henchman's report. It is said that some Pokémon that lived beyond a millennia begin growth again at a slower rate and by the sounds of this Rayquaza, It was no exception.
'How many people like me have come after this beast? And how many have even got close to even scratching this beast, let alone even trying to catch this behemoth? J wondered.
"What's the estimated time of arrival for this thing?" J radioed to her henchmen from her transceiver.
"Should be at the top of Sky Pillar in 5 minutes, ma'am." He replied
"Got any certain thoughts on this heist?"
The man pondered for a moment before speaking.
"That's a first for you to ask J…Nervous much?"
J allowed a smile to infect her face.
"I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little concerned with our odds here, Rick."
"Well, don't be boss. It's just a stupid Pokémon," Rick scoffed.
J rolled her eyes before speaking.
"Your stupidity still surprises me to this day Rick."
"What! How am I stupid! I'm just stating the facts!" He barked
"This Rayquaza is different from what you told me. You called it an Alpha, which means you think it's the leader. Am I right?"
"Umm…yes ma'am."
"Among certain groups of Pokémon, they elect a leader for their strength and sometimes wisdom if there are contenders. Correct?"
"Uhh…Huh."
"This Rayquaza is quicker, bigger and older than most Pokémon in its species and our generation. Do you know one of the oldest sayings?"
"Umm…an eye for an eye?" Rick answered.
"What! Wrong one idiot!" She growled.
She allowed herself to regain her composure before speaking by taking a deep breath and heaving a heavy sigh and thinking, 'What am I going to do with him.'
"With age comes wisdom. Heard of that one Rick," she questioned.
"Umm…I think so," He replied.
"Good. What's the ETA for the beast from reaching Sky Pillar?"
"ETA two and a half minutes ma'am. Should we come to your aid if things get ugly?"
"Negative Rick. Under no circumstances are you to come to the to the top of this tower while that Rayquaza is conscious. Only call in if it's something important. Got it?"
"Yes ma'am. Good luck. Rick. Out."
J closed her transceiver and began screaming orders to her army of Crobats.
"All right Crobats, split into threes and engage medium range triangle formation!" she ordered.
"Just like we practiced. Be in similar proximities in distances and try not to give away your position. Wait for my signal from my gauntlet flare, then you two groups over there…" She gestured to the groups in front of her, "Will use the combination of air cutter and Venoshock to cause the deep wounds that will make it faint quicker." She paused to take a breath and turned to the group behind her with the remaining Crobats and her best Pokémon, "you Crobats will use screech to confuse it and deter it's vision while you three while use your ace attacks to damage it. GOT IT!?"
All the Crobats gave their best attempts at a nod while her Salamence grunted in approval while her Drapion and Ariados nodded and gave a slight growl. They were ready.
Not a minute after all the Crobats got into position; J could see a huge black serpent-like creature appear in the small amount of moonlight there was, is approaching hastily.
The Creature was getting closer now and its features were similar to that of a Rayquaza but more defined. It was now beginning its descent to the top of Sky Pillar and was edging closer to them. It landed with a sharp thud before lighting the pyres with what seemed like a weak flamethrower, which revealed its full body. J and her Pokémon were wide-eyed with what they saw.
The Creature had a long and thick body, made up of muscle, which were covered by these huge plate-like skin pieces that overlap and underlay each other. It has red-tipped wings on its shoulders that replicated a meat cleaver and was going down its body, and similarly patterned fins on the tip of its tail. It was covered in yellow ring-like symbols that run across the length of the creature's body and it has an additional yellow ring on top of its head. It has two limbs with three-clawed hands, and two long, flat, horn-like structures on its head, with two shorter horns along its jawline. It has small, yellow eyes with black pupils that looked like you were staring into an abyss. The thing that made J go wide-eyed was its skin color. It was black.
It was a shiny Rayquaza.
The creature stared intently at J and her Pokémon for a moment, wondering what they wanted, until he caught a glimpse of something in J's eyes. Desire.
It was clear what they wanted. Him.
J regained composure after the short standoff and fired her flare into the air. In a heartbeat, the Crobat swarmed the area and began their barrage on the lone Rayquaza.
The Rayquaza was caught off guard after wondering the purpose of the flare and staring at it curiously for a moment. The next moment was utter confusion for him. The Crobat in front of him were blinding his vision and he could only deflect the attacks from J's best Pokémon at the last moment but he could tell they were getting faster with each attack. The Crobat to his sides were doing the worse though. They were focusing on creating scars and poisoning those very wounds to get into the blood stream quicker. Rayquaza was losing blood and losing consciousness. J saw this and smirked, but as she smirked into the beast's eyes, it looked at her and anger boiled in its soul. J's smirk just may have cost her life.
The serpent let a long and powerful roar, which stopped all attacks and was surrounded in a red glow. It was looking down for a moment but then gave J a death glare. It was his turn now. He began by shooting a powerful hyper beam toward the floor in front of J's best Pokémon at a blitzing speed. The stone beneath cracked and J and her ace Pokémon fell over.
Rayquaza then shot an ice beam at Salamence who was still disorientated by the rocks. The ice beam impacted hard against Salamence who let out a blood-curling roar of pain. The impact sent him barreling into Ariados and Drapion. Drapion was dazed and Ariados hurt its legs badly and fainted.
J looked over to her trio in worry before ordering, "all Crobat use screech to distract it while my Pokémon get up and recover for a moment!"
Rayquaza was one step ahead.
He charged up a flamethrower then combined it with twister and shot it out at terrifying speed and with fearful power. The Crobat began raining down from the sky while the few remaining began reusing venoshock on its open wounds. Even though he had a power-up, Rayquaza still winced at the pain caused, but immediately after they made contact, he shot back a flamethrower. All the Crobat were shot out of the sky and J's Pokémon stood up but looked at Rayquaza in fear.
Rayquaza seeing this then stopped glowing red and returned to normal. Rayquaza knew that it used up too much aura in its rage, it can't concentrate enough aura to contact fellow Rayquazas for assistance. He chose a direction and flew into the night looking for a place to hide and cure it's fatigue and hope he made it.
J gritted her at the sight before her. All the fainted Crobat littered the floor like rubbish and her three aces were gathering them up into a pile making it easier for extraction.
Her three Pokémon had looks of disbelief and shock of what just happened. Salamence had a sorrowful look on its face. He occasionally winced at the pain caused by Rayquaza, which sparked anger after each time. Ariados was limping to retrieve the Crobat and its face looked sunken and defeated, although not getting any major injuries like Salamence, it was still sad about the loss. Drapion had just anger to show for and it was easily displayed in the cleanup. Instead of carrying the fallen Pokémon like the other two, he threw them to the fainted piles. J was feeling all emotions they were because of one thing.
They had failed their first heist.
J called her crew first. Rick was on hand.
"J! What happened? We feared the worse after that loud roar. Did you get it?" he questioned.
"No Rick…it was too powerful for us to handle. I'll explain later, I need to contact Giovanni and see what he wants to do now. Get up here and get the injured on board then head back to base camp." J said depressingly. Rick saw this and decided not to question further.
"Aye ma'am." He replied then the transceiver closed. J then contacted Giovanni.
'He's going to be such a dick about this.'
Giovanni then appeared on her little tabloid with Persian in hand.
"J, I trust the mission went well?" he asked.
"No Giovanni, it was too strong for us, it beat us." She said sadly.
"Well, I'm a little more than disappointed right now J. Your contractors said that you were a no fail person. Why did you have to fail me of all people!?" he screamed which caused Persian to hop off his lap.
"It was no normal Rayquaza…It was shiny and we believe its part of the first generation Pokémon and has been living for as long as Arceus created the world. He was bigger than normal ones and melded its moves together and timed his moves correctly which actually took my aces momentarily." J replied with clenched fists at Giovanni.
"What happened exactly at Sky pillar J?" He raised a questioning eyebrow.
J told him everything from picking it up on long-range scanners to leaving before dawn. Giovanni was shocked and had more understanding now of why J failed but was still somewhat disheartened.
"Where was it headed J?"
"I'll tell you if you pay a quarter sum of the original pay for damage costs but I'll give you my helmet camera and all data we compiled as an extra…Deal?"
Giovanni thought for a moment, raising his hand to his chin and letting his weight rest on the tip of his hand, which was clenched into a fist.
"Because of these turn of events, I accept your offer…Deal. Now where is it headed now that you said it was poisoned, it will be hiding or slithering along the ground to avoid detection. So any general area we should search?" Giovanni asked curiously.
"By the time dawn comes, it should be hiding west Kanto, after that, it'll will be impossible to find. I recommend staying clear of settlements; it won't risk getting itself found out. Check the coast." J advised.
"I'll deploy my grunts and have them search the areas around the coast more precisely as your recommendation and have teams of two look around in the mainland. It was good doing business with you J. Now get out of my sight!" Giovanni spat.
J closes her transceiver and muttered the words, "dick".
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